Southwest Airlines Will No Longer Allow Emotional Support Animals

(CBS Denver/CBS Local)— Southwest Airlines has announced that it will no longer transport emotional support animals in the cabin of the aircraft. Effective March 1, the airline will only accept trained service dogs for travel with customers.
Southwest Airlines passenger planes are seen at Chicago’s Midway Airport in Illinois May 31, 2012. (credit: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/GettyImages)
“With this revision, Southwest Airlines will only allow service dogs that are individually trained to