PEOPLE WITH SERVICE DOGS CALLED
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE RULES
BEHIND THEM.
THERE ARE NO PET SIGNS
PLASTERED ALL OVER THIS CAFE A
RULE HE AND MANY OTHER
ESTABLISHMENTS ENFORCE UNLESS
IT'S A SERVICE DOG.
TOTALLY 100% LEGIT THEN WHY
NOT.
BUT IF YOU TRY AND LIE ABOUT
IT YOU'LL GET KICKED OUT.
THEY NEED TO GO RIGHT OUTSIDE
WITH THEIR DOGS.
ACCORDING TO STATE LAWS PETS
LIKE THERAPY DOGS AND EMOTIONAL
SUPPORT ANIMALS ARE NOT ALLOWED
IN PUBLIC SPACES UNLESS IT SAYS
OTHERWISE.
BUT RENEE PAINE SAYS IT COULD
SOMETIMES BE HARD TO ENFORCE.
YOU CAN'T ASK ME WHAT MY
DISABILITY IS THAT'S AGAINST THE
LAW.
THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO TO
CERTIFY AN ANIMAL.
A SERVICE DOG CAN HELP WITH
DISABILITIES LIKE PRESTAINED AND
IS WELCOME IN ALL PUBLIC AREAS.
AND AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL
HELPS A PERSON WITH A MENTAL
HEALTH OR EMOTIONAL CONDITION.
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS
CANNOT BE KICKED OUT OF HOUSING
AND THEY CANNOT BE KICKED OFF OF
AN AIRPLANE.
PEOPLE SOMETIMES TAKE
ADVANTAGE.
RECENTLY A WOMAN WAS KICKED OFF
OF A PLANE FOR BRINGING ON WHAT
SHE CALLS AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
SQUIRREL GOING AGAINST THE
AIRLINE'S STRICT NO RODENT RULE.
THEN THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BUY
FAKE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TAGS
ONLINE.
I TEND TO VALUE HONESTY SO I
PERSONALLY WOULDN'T DO IT.
IF SOMEBODY IS GOING TO FAKE
IT THAT'S A LITTLE RUDE.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL
CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL
FEDERATION OF THE BLIND SAY WHEN
PEOPLE DO THIS IT REDUCES
CREDIBILITY FOR THE OWNERS OF
THE ANIMALS WHO HELP THEM
EVERYDAY.
THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN
OUR TOOLBOX.
AND A TOOL THEY WANT TO BE
TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
DICK BRENNAN CBS2 NEWS.