BU Daily Free Press: Proposed state bill cracks down on fake service dogs

September 17, 2017
Shannon Larson, The Daily Free Press, Boston University: It’s typing a quick Google search, filling out a form for false credentials at a small fee and purchasing a “service dog” vest on Amazon, and a household pet is afforded the rights of public access mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Soon, however, this manipulation of federal law could be banned by the state government, with a bill calling for the misrepresentation of a pet dog as a service animal to be a civil offense. Full Story

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