Comments on: It’s an emotional-support alpaca, so let us in

By: When Any Alpaca Will Do | Simple Justice

When Any Alpaca Will Do | Simple Justice — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:44:01 +0000

[…] Olson at Overlawyered exposes the silly side of over-emotionalism in the embrace of comfort animals under the Americans […]

By: Julie Mills

Julie Mills — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 04:04:24 +0000

Emotional support animals are not recognized under the ADA, ask away. Only animals covered by ADA are dogs and miniature horses. Confusing, uninformative article which isn’t typical for Mr. Olson. This woman and her alpaca/snake/whatever not covered under ADA and could have been asked to leave.

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 17:52:07 +0000

Thoughts from blogger Coyote: http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2014/10/my-emotional-support-alpaca.html

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:48:18 +0000

And there is, as always, the therapy hog: http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95217

By: Crabtree

Crabtree — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 11:58:48 +0000

Remember a few years ago when a guy got in trouble in NYC for having a tiger in his tank…er… apartment? He should have just claimed it was his therapy tiger.

“That? Oh, that’s just my trained attack therapy lion. And don’t you dare ask any questions, hater.”

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:59:57 +0000

That’s a great thought Robert, but there is no certification recognized by the ADA.

By: ras

ras — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 20:04:19 +0000

It's a felony to ask a question? No slippery slope there, nosiree.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:18:16 +0000

Interesting article, but it really doesn’t answer any questions.

As a pet owner, I’m a little sympathetic to “therapy” animals, within reason. But business owners should be shielded from lawsuits if they choose not to allow anything but a certified, trained dog for the blind or paraplegic into their establishment.