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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jan. 26, 2008

When Pigs Fly

Employment Column - By Robert S. Nelson - Employers should consider several factors in allowing employees to use service or comfort animals on the job.

EMPLOYMENT COLUMN

By Robert S. Nelson
This article appears on Page 8.

      Pigs can fly just fine, apparently; it's the landing that they have trouble with.
      A pig traveling on a US Airways flight in 2000 went berserk as the plane landed, scampering uncontrollably up and down the aisle. The animal, a 300-pound Vietnamese potbellied pig, had not been traveling in the cargo hold but rather had...

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