Originally Posted by
parabellum
Cover the cage with a towel or small blanket, pet goes to sleep.
So, a service animal is allowed only if it is toileted prior to the flight, tethered to the seat leg and sits on an absorbent mat throughout the flight. We are talking animals that are exquisitely trained.
As opposed to untrained 'pets'. Last time my daughter's cat stayed with me, I kept its litter clean, made sure it had plenty of food and was well looked after. It repaid me by doing a runny sh-t on an expensive doona insert that was folded neatly in the spare room.
People with service dogs are going to be justifiably annoyed at the hoops they have to jump through to get their animal on board and now we're going to have any pint-sized mongrel in a likely flimsy carrier.
Are baby pit-bulls included in the 'dog' list? As Billy Connolly once observed, "They aren't dogs, they're a f---en shark on a leash, nowt more than a roow of teeth and an ar-ehole!!".