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Travel dilemmas: What you had to say about flying with support animals

LOS ANGELES_No dogfight broke out after the April 25 "On The Spot" column ("Fur Will Fly in This Debate"), which raised the fraught issue of emotional support animals flying in airline cabins. There was a little growling and some snappishness, but scores of readers who responded not only helped frame the discussion but also came up with suggestions on how to address the issue.

First, their thoughts on emotional support animals, or ESAs, which are not the same as service animals that have been trained and are not pets.

Some names have been withheld for privacy because of medical issues.

- It's cheating and it's outrageous

Helene Kimmel of Porter Ranch knows people who

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