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Re:U.S. to let airlines limit service animals on planes by jstarfish on Thursday January 23, 2020 @12:42PM (#22129722)
> If they don’t have a ready response, they’re full of it.

You're missing the point of it being an emotional support animal-- the go-to response is usually something related to mental health that cannot be validated or disproven by the questioner.

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Re:U.S. to let airlines limit service animals on planes by cgriswald on Friday January 24, 2020 @05:27PM (#22143020)
No, I’m not. An ESA is not a service animal and does not perform a service. If someone specifically claims to have a service animal they can be legally asked what services the animal performs. If someone claims “emotional support” or “mental support” or any other such claim, it is not a service animal. It might be an ESA but those do not have the same legal protections/rights.
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