Under the Department of Transportation's new, proposed change to the definition of a service animal, only dogs could fly as service animals Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Say goodbye to seeing peacocks in the airport. The government is proposing tightening rules around what kinds of support animals passengers are permitted aboard a plane. Emotional support animals ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced that emotional support animals will no longer be considered service animals on flights, updating its final rule on the controversial travel ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a new regulation, “Traveling by Air with Service Animals,” that substantially revises its rules governing the transportation of service animals ...

Airlines don’t have to treat emotional support animals as service animals, a new rule says. The US Department of Transportation rule announced Wednesday states that “carriers are not required to ...

The Department of Transportation announced a final rule on Dec. 2 that could change how airlines treat service animals, emotional support animals, and pets Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.

For years, travelers with the right certification have been allowed to fly with animals that provide emotional support and alleviate mental distress. But, for the airlines, it’s been anything but a ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has released its final statement on its enforcement priorities regarding service animals on flights, following a couple of years in which airlines have ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation is the latest to join the emotional support animal debate. ICYMI, Delta banned flying with turkeys (among other "disruptive animals") in January, United followed ...