United denied an emotional support peacock the week before because of it's size and weight, so the hamster was too small? The real outrage was when a pig was denied, In 2014, a woman was escorted off a US Airways flight when her pig, named Hobie, defecated and squealed before the plane took off. despicable, especially since a turkey was allowed to make a round trip from Seattle in 2015. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42880690