Emotional support squirrel gets kicked off airplane

These days people fly with everything from peacocks to hamsters, but an incident on Tuesday reminded us squirrels have a long way to go before we accept them as emotional support animals.

A Frontier flight from Orlando to Cleveland was delayed by a few hours as police removed a woman who had brought a squirrel on board.

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According to Orlando ABC affiliate WFTV, the woman had noted on her reservation that she would be bringing an emotional support animal on board, but she didn't specify what kind of animal.

Because rodents of any kind are banned from Frontier flights, officials asked the woman to deplane. When she refused, police were called in and had to remove everyone from the plane. Eventually, the woman agreed to leave, and her removal was met with cheers from the other passengers.

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In a statement to ABC, Frontier said, "Rodents, including squirrels, are not allowed on Frontier flights."

The furor over service animals is such that Frontier's policy is changing as of Nov. 1, after which service animals must meet a stringent list of requirements and will be limited to only dogs or cats.

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So long, emotional support squirrel. May you one day realize the dream of cramming on to a flight on a budget airline to Cleveland.