Emily Brill

About Emily Brill

Emily Brill is the executive editor and founder of The Canine Review. The Canine Review is a subscription-only, independent online news service whose readers include thousands of veterinary professionals, pet industry leaders, journalists, and dog fanatics. As the pet industry’s only independent watchdog news service not beholden to advertisers, TCR provides much-needed accountability and greater transparency for this fast-growing, dynamic sub-sector of the economy which, until TCR, had not yet faced frequent and high-impact checks on its powerful institutions and stakeholders. A native New Yorker, Emily grew up in a media startup world and preferred newsrooms to playgrounds and classrooms. She has worked everywhere from Fox News Channel during its early days with Shepard Smith to Charlie Rose to CNN to CBS News’s Beijing Bureau (she lived and freelanced in Beijing for two years). Before founding TCR, her reporting as a freelancer was published in The New York Times’s China edition, The Daily Beast, Buzzfeed, The Atlantic, Chinafile.com, The South China Morning Post, and the Columbia Journalism Review.

Posts by Emily Brill:

January 9, 2021

United Airlines spox to TCR: United “no longer restricts any breed as long as it’s a service animal and the customer has the proper documentation”

After January 11, reservations on all United flights will be permanently closed to all emotional support animals. Cabin access will be limited to service dogs that can meet the service animal requirements.

Asked if United was maintaining its ‘pitbull ban,’ United spokesman Charles Hobart told TCR in an email: “We no longer restrict any breed as long as it’s a service animal and the customer has the proper documentation.”

Delta taxiing. Delta announced new policies about service dogs and emotional support animals today

January 7, 2021

Delta lifts ban on pitbulls that meet service dog requirements, emotional support animals permanently grounded

There’s something unique about Delta’s announcement today. Delta — the airline which led the move to ban “pitbull-type dogs” following a series of violent incidents inflight involving pitbulls traveling as emotional support animals — also becomes the first major U.S. carrier to announce the removal of its pit-bull ban today. “Delta will lift its ban on pitbull-type dogs that meet documentation requirements for trained service animals,” the announcement says.

January 6, 2021

American Airlines: Full ban on emotional support animals to take effect Feb. 1, no ESA reservations past Jan. 11

One week after Alaska Airlines made its announcement, becoming the first U.S. airline to announce a full ban on emotional support animals, American Airlines announced a forthcoming full ban on emotional support animals on January 5th that will take effect on February 1, 2021.

sportmix images of bags, toxic symbol, 4 dogs

January 4, 2021

Death toll from Sportmix pet food recall said to be rising: “I am aware of approximately 40 deaths,” veterinarian tells TCR

The number of dogs fatally poisoned by contaminated food that the FDA announced was being recalled after at least 28 dogs died and eight became sick appears to be rising.

December 30, 2020

Breaking * Pet Food Recall Alert * FDA says at least 28 dogs dead, 8 sick from “potentially fatal levels of aflatoxin” in Sportmix dog food products

Breaking News: FDA says at least 28 dogs dead, 8 ill from “potentially fatal levels of aflatoxin” in Sportmix dog food products. More to come.

December 29, 2020

First airline bans emotional support animals. Delta to unveil new policies next week.

Neither Delta nor United have issued policy changes since the DOT announcement on December 5….Changes now appear to be imminent, however. Delta spokeswoman Lisa Hanna told TCR this afternoon that Delta intends to announce its new policies on January 7. Last week, United Airlines spokesman Charles Hobart advised that TCR follow-up in early January.

Just Food For Dogs Book attacks Veterinarians

December 23, 2020

Pet Food Company Targets, Taunts Veterinarians

The most frustrating part of his job, Just Food For Dogs chief medical officer Chavez says, is an “easy” question. Convincing “veterinarians,” he continues, “who have a biological education and understand physiology that real food…real chicken; real broccoli; real rice is healthier than a little ultra-processed brown ball of feed-grade kibble that is shelf-stable at room temperature for two years in a bag. You know, it’s like, ‘Oh my God, are you kidding me?’”

Mr. Buckley happily joins in the attack: “I could ask my doctor. I could ask my dentist. I could ask my chiropractor what my diet should be. And none of them would recommend a highly-processed diet and nothing fresh.”

“The mainstream veterinarian needs research and proof that real food is healthier, and that just boggles my mind,” Dr. Chavez adds. “We’re the last healthcare profession that is recommending an ultra-processed daily sustenance. It’s just crazy.”

December 9, 2020

As pet insurance market expands, regulators near completion of model law draft that could come as soon as next year

Working with apparently no publicity, a group of state insurance regulators who formed a Pet Insurance task force under the auspices of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) in 2019 is approaching the finish line of a working draft for what could ultimately be America’s first significant piece of legislation for the fast growing pet insurance industry.

December 3, 2020

U.S. airlines bid good riddance to emotional support animals

Airline industry stakeholders finally have something to celebrate in 2020. For emotional support pigs, miniature horses, snakes, and turkeys, it’s the end of an era of commercial air travel. Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a set of final rule revisions to the Air Carrier Access Act it proposed earlier this year – rules that major airline industry stakeholders like Delta Airlines have long called for.

Going forward, airlines will only be required to accommodate service dogs on board.

December 3, 2020

The end of emotional support animals: U.S. air carriers to restrict cabin access to documented service dogs

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced its final revision of rules under the Air Carrier Access Act which had required air carriers to treat emotional support animals as service dogs. The revisions give airlines significantly more discretion:

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