A bipartisan pair of senators filed the Welfare Of Our Furry Friends (WOOFF) Act Thursday to prohibit putting animals in overhead bins on flights after a dog died during a United Airlines flight after being up in an overheard cabin.
Sens. John Kennedy, R-La., and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., filed the bill Thursday, which calls on the Federal Aviation Administration to prohibit the storing of a live animal in any overhead compartment and to establish civil fines for violations.
The new legislation comes following the death of a French bulldog Monday night after a United Airlines flight attendant insisted a passenger place the pet in an overhead bin.
Today, I introduced the Welfare of Our Furry Friends Act, also known as WOOFF, w my colleague @SenCortezMasto. Our bill directs the @FAANews to create regulations to prohibit the storing of a live animal in any overhead compartment and establish civil fines for violations #WOOFF pic.twitter.com/U3nZqLNIaH
— John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) March 15, 2018
“I don’t particularly enjoy having to legislate, or trying to legislate, common decency,” Kennedy said on CNN’s “New Day” Thursday morning. “But by God, I’m going to do it until they take this seriously.”
