The support animal laws were created to help those with genuine issues cope and they have been a Godsend for lots of suffering people but like everything else, idiots always have to come along and ruin it for everybody.
I can understand a seeing-eye miniature horse becase they *do* have much longer life spans, greater vision and less ‘reactive’ temperaments than dogs but a ‘support pig’ is just stupid.
People like this will eventually cause a revision of the existing laws and huge problems for the people who have ‘normal’ support animals.
Having my 7’ Boa wrapped around my shoulders, giving me a ‘massage’ makes me feel ‘calm’.
So, should I have ~him~ ‘prescribed’ as a support animal and force everybody to stare into his snakey face everywhere I go?
Sheesh.
This is coming at a time when the organizations who provide support dogs for returning troops is really taking off and making a huge difference in their lives.
Just watch selfish jerks send that down in flames.
I’ve seen guide-horses on TV, and I can understand their utility, especially if a blind person has a real problem with dogs ... but on an airplane? They’d have to stand in the aisle, and the airlines don’t let people do that.
I’d like to walk around with a friendly snake and insist that other people’s ophidiophobia just isn’t my problem!