When Marlin Jackson arrived at his row on a Delta flight from Atlanta to San Diego in June, the middle seat was already occupied by a man with a sizable dog on his lap. Jackson squeezed by them to his window seat, and the Labrador mix lunged at his face. The attack lasted about 30 seconds, according to Jackson’s attorney, and left him with facial wounds that required 28 stitches and scars that are still visible today.

The mauling, which Delta said was inflicted by a canine identified as an “emotional support” animal, was among the thousands of incidents that just pushed the nation’s largest airline to tighten rules for passengers flying with service or comfort animals. In announcing the changes Friday, Delta said it flew 250,000 animals in those categories last year, up 150 percent from 2015, while “incidents” such as biting or defecating had nearly doubled since 2016.........To Read More....

My Take - We have lost our minds!  Just one more example of how the nation's values are being used against us.  Ducks wandering down airplane passage ways, cat and dogs defecting, urinating and out of control. A dog having an anxiety attack and needing oxygen, and the law even describes small horses as service animals.  What's next, python snakes?  We can have sympathy for those who need blind dogs, which is where all this started, but now it's out of control and now it's clear no one should be required to make any accommodation for animals in any setting if they choose not to. 

Unpleasant? Yes, but that's what happens when there are so many spoiled, selfish and unscrupulous people in the world.  They ruin it for honest people.