What are CASA smoking with such daft regulation? A quick google search of what has happened overseas with this should be reason enough to ban all animals except guide dogs in the cabin. Then when the inevitable happens and someone gets bitten or urinated on by an animal how are the regulator and the airlines going to defend it? Where is the duty of care? How will they defend a small child getting mauled?
I don't understand how CASA can be so ridiculously pedantic in the way they regulate aviation in this country yet they will allow such stupidity as this. It's an offence for the captain to take a toilet break during flight but bring on your emotion support donkey and pitbull no problems.