‘Emotional support animal’ mauls 5-year-old girl at Portland airport

[morgan]

They are entitled to bring their emotional support animal, that is the law. One tragic incident does not change that.

Entitled. There it is. Boy you hit the nail on the head.

Question: Do you think Emotional Support Animals co-existing in pubic places such as airports and grocery stores should have legal documentation? Or should it just be kept "on your honor" as it is now?

[Pjmm]

This isn't funny but it reminds me of a bit college humor did with the Jurassic Park main actors. They tried to bring a support dinosaur- Blue- aboard a plane. I've gotten used to seeing dogs everywhere even my supermarket but it is getting ridiculous. They should be trained and one should have to produce papers for it. Also one should have a proper diagnosis. PTSD, autism, epilepsy, blindness, deafness. The emotional support thing is out of hand.

A while back, I was grocery shopping and a lady had a Chihuahua in the cart where babies sit. A Chihuahua wearing an emotional support vest. As it was shaking. A Chihuahua. The most stressed out breed imaginable. A Chihuahua as an "emotional support animal".

I mean, why are we allowing these people to get away with this? We need massive fines for offenders on top of new laws.

Is it because we are raising generations of self absorbed, self centered snowflakes?

No but I think my parents generation did since most people I personally see with the questionable dogs were apparently born in 66 and after. They're 30-60 years old. If the young have them it's for good reason. Epilepsy or autism- guide dogs and the like. I joked that ods got an emotional support fish for his dorm but far as I know his generation don't have the animals. Some may but I see the older folks much more.

[Libbylu2]

The whole concept of a dog as emotional support is ridiculous.
And other animals, too.
If you can’t deal with life without having an animal with you 24/7, you need a lot more than “ emotional support “. You need a psychiatrist and lots of treatment.
....sigh.

[morgan]

The whole concept of a dog as emotional support is ridiculous.
And other animals, too.
If you can’t deal with life without having an animal with you 24/7, you need a lot more than “ emotional support “. You need a psychiatrist and lots of treatment.
....sigh.

I'll have to disagree and I think that statement is a very judgmental opinion. The "entire concept" is not "ridiculous". Some people DO need them. Like Vets suffering from PTSD for instance. Or children with Autism. It's been scientifically proven that dogs help them.

But it needs to be legally regulated. Right now anyone can claim any dog is their "emotional support animal" and businesses allow it because they don't want to be popped for discrimination.

[hockeymom87]

They are entitled to bring their emotional support animal, that is the law. One tragic incident does not change that.

Entitled. There it is. Boy you hit the nail on the head.

Question: Do you think Emotional Support Animals co-existing in pubic places such as airports and grocery stores should have legal documentation? Or should it just be kept "on your honor" as it is now?

I think the law needs to change and that you need to show proof that the dog is trained.

[morgan]

They are entitled to bring their emotional support animal, that is the law. One tragic incident does not change that.

Entitled. There it is. Boy you hit the nail on the head.

Question: Do you think Emotional Support Animals co-existing in pubic places such as airports and grocery stores should have legal documentation? Or should it just be kept "on your honor" as it is now?

I think the law needs to change and that you need to show proof that the dog is trained.

Agree. And you need mental medical clearance from someone trained in that field to have the ID needed to bring your dog in public.

[Deleted User 1039]

This isn't funny but it reminds me of a bit college humor did with the Jurassic Park main actors. They tried to bring a support dinosaur- Blue- aboard a plane. I've gotten used to seeing dogs everywhere even my supermarket but it is getting ridiculous. They should be trained and one should have to produce papers for it. Also one should have a proper diagnosis. PTSD, autism, epilepsy, blindness, deafness. The emotional support thing is out of hand.

A while back, I was grocery shopping and a lady had a Chihuahua in the cart where babies sit. A Chihuahua wearing an emotional support vest. As it was shaking. A Chihuahua. The most stressed out breed imaginable. A Chihuahua as an "emotional support animal".

I mean, why are we allowing these people to get away with this? We need massive fines for offenders on top of new laws.

Someone had an emotional support hamster. Hamster. The airline said she couldn't take it on the flight, but she really wanted to get on her flight and not have to pay for a different one in order to figure out what to do with the oh-so-special-and-important hamster. So she flushed it, live, down the toilet at the airport. Then she tried to cry about how the airline "made" her flush her live emotional support animal down the toilet.

[morgan]

This isn't funny but it reminds me of a bit college humor did with the Jurassic Park main actors. They tried to bring a support dinosaur- Blue- aboard a plane. I've gotten used to seeing dogs everywhere even my supermarket but it is getting ridiculous. They should be trained and one should have to produce papers for it. Also one should have a proper diagnosis. PTSD, autism, epilepsy, blindness, deafness. The emotional support thing is out of hand.

A while back, I was grocery shopping and a lady had a Chihuahua in the cart where babies sit. A Chihuahua wearing an emotional support vest. As it was shaking. A Chihuahua. The most stressed out breed imaginable. A Chihuahua as an "emotional support animal".

I mean, why are we allowing these people to get away with this? We need massive fines for offenders on top of new laws.

Someone had an emotional support hamster. Hamster. The airline said she couldn't take it on the flight, but she really wanted to get on her flight and not have to pay for a different one in order to figure out what to do with the oh-so-special-and-important hamster. So she flushed it, live, down the toilet at the airport. Then she tried to cry about how the airline "made" her flush her live emotional support animal down the toilet.

The human race as a whole has turned out to be a disappointing species. Kidding but seriously though it seems like that sometimes!

[HanSolo]

This isn't funny but it reminds me of a bit college humor did with the Jurassic Park main actors. They tried to bring a support dinosaur- Blue- aboard a plane. I've gotten used to seeing dogs everywhere even my supermarket but it is getting ridiculous. They should be trained and one should have to produce papers for it. Also one should have a proper diagnosis. PTSD, autism, epilepsy, blindness, deafness. The emotional support thing is out of hand.

A while back, I was grocery shopping and a lady had a Chihuahua in the cart where babies sit. A Chihuahua wearing an emotional support vest. As it was shaking. A Chihuahua. The most stressed out breed imaginable. A Chihuahua as an "emotional support animal".

I mean, why are we allowing these people to get away with this? We need massive fines for offenders on top of new laws.

Someone had an emotional support hamster. Hamster. The airline said she couldn't take it on the flight, but she really wanted to get on her flight and not have to pay for a different one in order to figure out what to do with the oh-so-special-and-important hamster. So she flushed it, live, down the toilet at the airport. Then she tried to cry about how the airline "made" her flush her live emotional support animal down the toilet.

[Libbylu2]

They are entitled to bring their emotional support animal, that is the law. One tragic incident does not change that.

Entitled. There it is. Boy you hit the nail on the head.

Question: Do you think Emotional Support Animals co-existing in pubic places such as airports and jgrocery stores should have legal documentation? Or should it just be kept "on your honor" as it is now?

I think the law needs to change and that you need to show proof that the dog is trained.

I agree