Pot Bellied Pigs Now Allowed on Planes

According to the US Department of Transportation's "Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: Draft Technical Assistance Manual", which came out Thursday, pot bellied pigs are now allowed onto airplanes.

The new rules allow for them to be considered service animals, if their owner so declares.

Employees of the airlines are allowed to ask for certification for the animal.

Pot bellied pigs can weigh up to three hundred pounds.

In November of last year a three hundred pound pig was allowed to fly on a US Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Seattle because the owner showed it to be a companion therapy pet.

The new guidelines also add monkeys and miniature horses to the list of service animals.