The Left Coast has a massive homeless problem. Poop and needles in the streets. Garbage everywhere. Any number of issues. But wait! Stressed travelers need relief. How about Therapy pigs at the airport?
Hopefully, not in any terminals where people are traveling to or from predominantly Muslim countries.
The five-year-old Juliana pig and her owner, Tatyana Danilova, are part of San Francisco International Airport’s “Wag Brigade” — a program that brings therapy animals to the airport to cheer passengers up and help ease travel anxieties.
Dressed in a pilot’s cap and with toenails painted bright red, LiLou breezes through the metal detector at airport security and trots to the departure gates. She raises a hoof in greeting, poses for selfies and entertains departing passengers with a tune on her toy piano.
When’s the last time you saw a pig in a captain’s hat? Was there a lot of drinking involved? No longer necessary.
