There’s a growing trend of people passing off their pets as service animals – and it’s hurting the reputation of real service animals. For example, an Alabama man was on a flight from Atlanta to San Diego when a fellow passenger’s dog mauled him.
The Missouri legislation is pending and this legislation will make it an offense to misrepresent regular pet dogs as service dogs. This law recognizes mental health assistance animals, but limits them to trained dogs.
Article source: stltoday.com
Do you own an assistance animal? Register your pet today.
The Service Animal Registry of California invites you to have your assistance animal registered in order to designate its status. We also encourage you to take our online classes so you can be fully aware of your rights and gain more knowledge about your support animal.
Finally, we present to you our book entitled, “ASSISTANCE ANIMAL LAWS: LEARN YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING SERVICE ANIMALS, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS, THERAPY PETS, AND OTHER DOGS, CATS, AND ASSISTANCE ANIMALS” to provide you with a complete education on assistance animals.
Purchase your copy of the book by clicking the image below.