There were plenty of “Aw, that’s so cute” social media posts last month when Eleanor Rigby, one of two service dog vest-wearing golden retrievers accompanying a passenger to Philadelphia on American Airlines, went into labor and gave birth to eight puppies in a gate area at Tampa International Airport.
No one was charmed, however, by the report posted last February of a passenger at Los Angeles International Airport who replied “They have people for that” when asked if she planned to clean up after her dog did its business on the airport floor.
Yet both stories are examples of a wide range of animal-related incidents that are forcing airports to expend extra resources and causing them to rethink policies governing animals in the terminals.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2018/06/27/airport-animal-policies/736259002
