Emotional support animals can endanger the public and make life harder for people like me who rely on service dogs
- Written by Deni Elliott, Eleanor Poynter Jamison Chair in Media Ethics and Press Policy; Co-Chief Project Officer on the National Ethics Project, University of South Florida
The U.S. currently has no system to differentiate real service dogs from pets.Cheryl Paz/Shutterstock.comIn 2017, Marlin Jackson boarded a cross-country flight. When he got to his row, another passenger was already in the middle seat with an emotional support dog in his lap.
According to Mr. Jackson’s attorney, “The approximately...