What to know about service animal travel rules
                     WHAT TO KNOW 
ABOUT SERVICE 
ANIMAL TRAVEL [email protected]
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RULES?

When you have a service dog, you 
get various rights that enable you to 
fly with it, without any legal issue. In 
a recent time, Service Animal 
Travel rules have been changed. 
Now, you will have to travel with your 
service animal by following new rules 
which are mentioned below:
• You can’t consider your 
emotional support animal 
as the service animal. 
Now, your service dog will 
be treated differently from 
an emotional support dog, 
while traveling on a plane.
• Under new rules, airlines 
will treat psychiatric 
service animals the same 
as other service animals.
• As in the past, the 
airlines will not take any 
decision solely based on 
the service animal’s 
breed.
• Allows airlines to require 
that service animals 
should be leashed, 
harnessed, or tethered at 
all times.
• You have to define your service 
animal as a dog that is trained to 
do specific works or tasks for the 
benefit of an individual with a 
disability.
• Continues to allow planes to 
prohibit transportation to service 
animals that show aggressive 
behavior and that pose a threat 
to the safety of other passengers.
• Airlines are allowed to limit 
the number of service animals 
traveling with a single person 
to two service animals.
• Prohibits plans from requiring 
travelers with a service dog to 
physically check-in at the 
airport instead of using the 
online process.
You can contact the PDSC professionals for 
more information regarding emotional 
support and service animals. Here, you can 
also ask for ESA letters which are required 
for traveling with your animals or you can 
search as “How to get emotional 
support animal letter” and you will find 
numerous options for issuing an ESA letter.
Toll Free: (800) 925-2182
Fax: (866) 753-4277
Snail Mail:
Contact Us : PDSC
704 South Street #703
Philadelphia, PA 19147
or NY Office
2131 Sawyer Dr. #4
N. Falls, NY 14304