Delta passenger mauled by emotional support dog files lawsuit
“While Mr. Jackson was securing his seatbelt, the animal began to growl” at him, according to the lawsuit. “The dog then bit Jackson several times.The attack was briefly interrupted when the animal was pulled away from Mr. Jackson. However, the animal broke free and again mauled Mr. Jackson’s face,” the lawsuit alleges.
I confess I never got the “emotional support animal” fad. I guess technically pretty much any pet is an emotional support animal – I can’t quickly come up with any other actual service Torso Boy provides – but “You have to allow my emotional support pig to fly with me or you’re insensitive to my terrible disorder that I just made up” has always been taking Snowflake Nation a bridge too far. And if I was trapped in a window seat when some asshole’s “emotional support dog” decided to eat my face, I would make it my mission in life to see that the fight ended with the dog looking worse than I did.
Personally I continue my research into finding other practical applications for the Lair’s non-human occupant…
The “emotional support animal” thing is purely a scam to get around restrictions on where people can go with their pets. Businesses don’t allow customers to bring their pets in, and in fact are generally prohibited by law from allowing pets. However, the moment the customer says “service animal” suddenly the law (and PR considerations) _requires_ that the business allow it in. I’ve met quite a few people who took advantage of this, but not one of them actually thought that it was anything other than an excuse to take their dog someplace they otherwise wouldn’t have been allowed to.
I’m imagining Joel calmly shopping in Walmart whilst pushing his pet stroller, which holds his cherished Emotional Support Rattlesnake.
As Ken says, we have a well-known local who claims his mutt is a service animal. He has been banned from most of the McD’s and I believe the library, too. City bus drivers are not allowed to ask a potential rider about their service-whatever other than inquiring if it IS a service-whatever. No proof needed. None available, in fact, as there is no program in place to identify the beasts.
I want an emotional-skupport T-Effin’-Rex. Hell, yeah!
Apparently, “skupport” is one snowflake level above mere support. Note to self: proofreading is still a gud idear.
OMG! Battle Corgi is hilarious! Almost cost me my keyboard.
Those fangs are nowhere near big enough for a “Battle Corgi”…
Dittos on the Battle Corgi. ROFL.