re: Delta bans pit bulls as service dogs due to safety concerns

Once again, service and emotional support dogs are not the same thing. They keep getting lumped together. Actual service animals provide assistance and are highly trained expensive animals.

Most, but not all, emotional support dogs are to get around rules

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I've said it before but some governing body (don't know who) needs to basically pinpoint a few LEGIT service animal accreditation companies and America should only recognize those services from here on out. It's sickening the amount of people that can go online and 20 minutes later print out a certificate for their "service animal".

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I remember being at my friends place helping him move in and his girlfriend (who is also someone I've known just as long and is my friend) was there with her dog and I was digging through her purse to get treats or something and inside the bag was a bunch of "service animal" stuff. I asked about it because as far as I knew she had absolutely no need for a service animal. She responded they just did it so that she can fly with her for free. My head almost exploded until I realized it wasn't a hill worth dying on. But the fact that people do this is ridiculous. And airlines are basically helpless because of how social media can vilify them unjustly.

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It's sickening the amount of people that can go online and 20 minutes later print out a certificate for their "service animal".

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According to the ADA, you don’t actually need any sort of proof about a service animal’s qualifications. Furthermore, there are only a couple of very basic and vague questions that a business can legally ask about said animal.

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