The number of pets on planes has become a hot-button issue of late as emotional support animals have become more common than ever.
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One of the biggest changes is that the Department of Transportation would no longer require airlines to consider emotional support animals as service animals, as they have in the past.
A traveler walks past a display board showing a canceled flight from Wuhan at Beijing Capital International Airport on Thursday. China closed off the city of more than 11 million in an unprecedented effort to try to contain a deadly new viral illness that has sickened hundreds and spread to other cities and countries during the Lunar New Year travel rush.
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The number of pets on planes has become a hot-button issue of late as emotional support animals have become more common than ever.
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