They need to outlaw cats as service animals, i almost died

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I have severe allergies and the person's cat was rubbing on people's legs including mine. I was wearing shorts and got severe rashes and my throat closed up, I got out of the bus and laid down on the sidewalk for 20 minutes trying to breathe. Ppl offered to call an ambulance but I didn't want it. is it normal to want to outlaw cats as service animals?

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  • Hotdogsaregross
    6 years ago | pl

    You said you almost died in the title but when people offered to call an ambulance you denied it? You obviously were not dying then.

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  • [Old Memory]
    6 years ago

    I am unsure if the information I will give is completely true but it's what I have been told.
    My room mate has a service dog so I have done some research into service animals. As far as what I have learned, only dogs are used as service animals.
    Other animals can be used as emotional support animals. These can be anything from a cat to a slug. They do not need to be trained and are not entitled to be anywhere the owner goes.
    Many people pretend to have service animals to bring them when they are in fact emotional support animals.
    Someone can correct me if I am wrong about this as I am not 100% sure and this information is only based off what I've been told.

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    • Alichael
      6 years ago

      Emotional support slugs?

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    • RoseIsabella
      6 years ago

      There used to be service monkeys.
      :-'(

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      • ostrichPartner
        6 years ago

        In cute little bell boy outfits, right?

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        • [Old Memory]
          6 years ago

          Yes, but they only worked at hotels.

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  • Quasar
    6 years ago

    Aren't service animals suppose to be on a leash?

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  • athem
    6 years ago

    To be fair, outlawing cats as service animals because you're allergic would mean other people may start wanting other animals that they're allergic to to be outlawed as well. I get why you'd be angry, but it's a little extreme to ban them entirely.

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  • noid
    6 years ago

    I don't consider 'emotional support animals' real or fake, as service animals. Unless they perform other tasks besides emotional support.

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  • Dustyair
    6 years ago

    I take an inflatable service doll with me if I take the bus, or fly, and everyone always tries to touch her, and rub on her boobs and stuff. Learn some manners please.

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  • [Old Memory]
    6 years ago

    There was a story about a month ago of a woman who wanted to bring a “therapy” peacock on a plane. It didn’t fly (no pun intended).

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  • Boojum
    6 years ago

    My sister and her husband (who portray themselves as honest, God-fearing Southern Baptists) told me a couple years ago that they were declaring their dog an emotional-support service animal (or some such BS) because they needed him to fly from a Central American country to the USA, and the animal courier fees were more than they wanted to pay. At that point, I realised that the service animal thing is a pile of total crap that's exploited by the selfish asshats of the world.

    Apart from well-trained dogs that assist the physically disabled, animals of any sort shouldn't be allowed in the enclosed spaces of public transport.

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    • nikkiclaire
      6 years ago

      Ok, let's say for a second O.P is legit and there was a "service cat". That cat would not be running all over, rubbing peoples legs. Also, O.P had severe allergies, enough so that their throat swelled shut, and yet they refused an ambulance? They also don't have an epi pen handy?

      If anything O.P takes no responsibility for their own well being. They are lucky they didn't seize up and die.

      Also the U.S has very little restrictions on dogs coming into the country. They only require routine shots like all dogs here require. If they were traveling with the dog they would just check it through anyway, so they didn't save money, I assume by allowing it to board with them, other than a rudimentary luggage fee, which would be less than qualifying fees for a service animal.

      This thread is just bandwagoning parroting of the latest media bullshit. The media has causes meant to deflect our attention. This is one of the latest such trends.

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      • charli.m
        6 years ago

        Says the person who claims to randomly have two fully trained seizure dogs even though "she" had no prior conditions...

        Pot. Kettle. Etc.

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        • nikkiclaire
          6 years ago

          Not at all. I don't take my dogs on busses and they aren't randomly trained. As stated numerous times I have grown up raising dogs. I know that is impossible to comprehend, since as others have stated, poor people don't own dogs.

          I am not justifying myself to you and the false assumptions in your posts.

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