A female passenger was removed from a Frontier Airlines flight after bringing an emotional support squirrel on board the plane, the company confirmed on Wednesday.
Police in Orlando, Fla., had to have all passengers exit the plane to deal with the passenger after she refused to deplane on Tuesday, the airline said, adding that it made it clear that rodents are barred from its flights.
{mosads}”The passenger noted in their reservation that they were bringing an emotional support animal but it was not indicated that it was a squirrel,” Frontier said in a statement.
“Rodents, including squirrels, are not allowed on Frontier flights.”
The incident was first reported by a local ABC News affiliate.
Frontier joined several other airline companies in updating its emotional support animal policy this month with a new rule limiting the allowed animals to cats or dogs.
Rodents were not allowed under the previous set of rules, either.
This the second attempt to bring a unique animal on board as a support animal that has gone viral this year after a woman tried to bring a peacock onto a United Airlines flight in January.