--- title: Emotional Support Squirrel Gets Woman Kicked Off Flight description: A woman attempting to fly from Orlando to Cleveland was kicked off her flight for bringing an "emotional support squirrel" on board. canonical: https://time.com/5420467/emotional-support-squirrel-flight/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-10T16:07:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:24.408Z og:title: 'Emotional Support Squirrel' Gets Woman Kicked Off Flight og:description: No rodents allowed og:url: https://time.com/5420467/emotional-support-squirrel-flight/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta85f3062699147ad/69893c3b86f68e7b946ea611/emotional-support-squirrel.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Emotional-Support-Squirrel og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Emotional Support Squirrel' Gets Woman Kicked Off Flight twitter:description: No rodents allowed twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta85f3062699147ad/69893c3b86f68e7b946ea611/emotional-support-squirrel.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Emotional Support Squirrel' Gets Woman Kicked Off Flight and Then Everyone Just Had to Deplane  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 10, 2018 4:07 PM UTC  Squirrel holding nut Squirrel holding nutJane Burton/Getty Images/Dorling Kindersley  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 10, 2018 4:07 PM UTC A woman attempting to fly from Orlando to Cleveland was kicked off her Frontier [Airlines](http://time.com/5404089/congress-airlines-seats-shrinking-legroom/) flight for bringing an “emotional support [squirrel](http://time.com/5225993/student-saved-drowning-squirrel-the-office-cpr/)” on board. Despite noting in her [reservation](http://time.com/money/5238297/best-time-book-summer-flights/) that she would be bringing a support animal on the plane, the woman neglected to mention that it would be a squirrel—an animal that falls under the airline’s category of rodents and is therefore not allowed. According to Orlando ABC affiliate [WFTV](https://www.wftv.com/news/local/woman-removed-from-frontier-flight-at-oia-after-bringing-emotional-support-squirrel-on-board/850117062), the crew called the police after the woman refused to get off the plane. Every passenger on the flight then had to deplane while the police removed the the squirrel and its owner. The woman was eventually escorted off the plane by officers while her fellow passengers cheered. “I just want everyone to know that all passengers had to deplane my flight to Cleveland because a woman brought a SQUIRREL ON THE PLANE,” [tweeted](https://twitter.com/julia%5Fpapesch/status/1049820629845889024) one frustrated flyer. > [](https://twitter.com/julia%5Fpapesch/status/1049820969060261888) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5420467/emotional-support-squirrel-flight/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5420467/emotional-support-squirrel-flight/"},"headline":"'Emotional Support Squirrel' Gets Woman Kicked Off Flight and Then Everyone Just Had to Deplane","datePublished":"2018-10-10T16:07:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:24.408Z","description":"No rodents allowed","url":"https://time.com/5420467/emotional-support-squirrel-flight/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta85f3062699147ad/69893c3b86f68e7b946ea611/emotional-support-squirrel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta85f3062699147ad/69893c3b86f68e7b946ea611/emotional-support-squirrel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Emotional-Support-Squirrel","caption":"Squirrel holding nut","creditText":"Jane Burton/Getty Images/Dorling Kindersley","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5420467/emotional-support-squirrel-flight/","name":"'Emotional Support Squirrel' Gets Woman Kicked Off Flight and Then Everyone Just Had to Deplane"}}]}] ```