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If “a peacock, a pig and a hamster walk into an airport” sounds like the beginning of a bad joke — and airlines clearly think so — then welcome to the controversy surrounding emotional support animals.
Airlines have the sympathy of landlords, too. They say the joke could as easily begin: “a guinea pig, a hedgehog and a cat are looking for an apartment.”
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