TSA Issues Warning About Traveling With Pets

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) does allow passengers to travel with pets and bring them through airport security. However, there is one thing that travelers should keep in mind before bringing their pet through security.

In a social media post this week, the TSA issued a warning to anybody traveling with pets at some point in the future, urging passengers not to put their pets through the TSA X-ray machines.

Instead, passengers are supposed to remove their pets from their crates or carry cases and carry them through the TSA checkpoint. If your pet is prone to escape your grasp, the TSA has plans for that, as well.

"Traveling with your pets this weekend? Our X-ray machines are not veterinary equipment. Please don’t send your pets through our X-ray scanners! If you believe your pet may attempt an escape during screening, ask our officers about private screening option," the TSA wrote in a post on X this week.

While traveling with a pet is a bit of a hassle, the TSA did make a rule change this month that will make the security checkpoint a little less stressful for everyone, pet owners included.

Earlier this month, the TSA announced the end of the rule requiring passengers to remove their shoes when they go through a security checkpoint.

Ever since the rule went in place back in 2006, only TSA PreCheck customers were permitted to go through airport security with their shoes on. Everyone else had to remove their shoes and place them in a bin to be scanned through the X-ray machine.

So that is one less thing that you will have to worry about when traveling with your pets. However, you will still have to take your pet out of its carry case and carry it through security in your arms.