Woman kicked off plane after boarding with ’emotional support’ squirrel

The Orlando Police Department removed a woman from a Frontier Airlines plane Tuesday night after she tried to bring a squirrel on board.

Frontier Airlines reports the woman claimed the squirrel was a support animal. The woman was advised that squirrels are not allowed on board by Frontier’s support animal policy.

“The passenger noted in their reservation that they were bringing an emotional support animal but it was not indicated that it was a squirrel,” the airline said in a statement provided to Orlando ABC affiliate WFTV. “Rodents, including squirrels, are not allowed on Frontier flights.”

According to the Frontier website, the company’s policy reads: “We do not accept unusual or exotic animals including but not limited to rodents, reptiles, insects, hedgehogs, rabbits, sugar gliders, non-household birds or improperly cleaned and/or animals with foul odor.”

The woman refused to exit the plane, so everyone on the flight was forced to deplane. Two hours later the flight departed Orlando for its destination in Cleveland — without the woman.

Frontier Airlines is actually changing its policy for support animals beginning Nov. 1. The airline will only accept cats or dogs, each passenger is only allowed one animal and advanced notice must be provided 48 hours before departure.