[MR] Laws/Rules & pesky 10% - was "furry friends"

[Orla Carey]

One important thing to note - legally you can't ask for documentation to
prove that an animal is a service animal.  While I agree that people
claiming pets or therapy animals as service animals is a problem, I'm not
sure how you can prevent it.

Before making a policy that documentation for service animals is required
you might want to check to see what the legal way of doing it is.

Here are a couple of documents on the topic

http://www.fidosforfreedom.org/faq-pro/index.php?action=article&cat_id=007&id=11&lang
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http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:7eci2gT98vMJ:www.equipforequality.org/resourcecenter/ada_serviceanimals.pdf+ada+service+animal+laws&hl=en&gl=us&sig=AHIEtbSKevkKPpRApn4gR5AYUh4LVdfeEA


Orla

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Alan MacNeill <gormofberra at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Which reminds me, something to note...."Therapy Dogs" are not covered
> by the ADA.  You are not entitled to bring one to an event.  To assume
> that it's okay and that you will bully the autocrat into letting you
> stay because fluffy is your therapy dog and therapy dogs are required
> to be allowed is not an assumption that I would recommend making this
> coming year.
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> This is significantly different from legitimate assistance animals.
> If you do not know the difference, I suggest you educate yourself.
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