Explain How Alternative Service Animals Affect The Community
How do alternative service animals affect the community?
A Service Animal is any signal dog, guide dog, or other animal trained to perform tasks for individuals with disabilities. The main purposes of service animals are to guide, pick up, fetch, or act as a medic alert for people who are disabled. These animals also can “help a person with a physical or psychological disability to live more independent, healthier, happier, or more mobile life” (Persels). Service dogs are the most common service animal used to help the disabled, however with the rise of alternative service animals that just might change. There are many different types of alternative animals like snakes, miniature horses, chimpanzees, capuchin monkey, ferrets, pigs, goats, ponies and etc. Yet there are many difficulties that alternative service animals and owners face. People who have alternative animals should be concerned about the risk factors of owning non-traditional service animals. …show more content…
However, in this day and age these animals help us more than ever. Whether an animal is there to comfort, serve, and help people, but lately have seemed to have forgotten that you cannot use every animal for these purposes. There's nothing wrong with having an alternative animal as a service animal however everyone should know that there's specific type of animals that should be used. Yet, what many have failed to realize is that these alternative animal are endangering lives. Due to these non-traditional animals the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state laws are having conflicts about the use of alternative service animals. Which are causing court cases to drag out for unneeded
A Service Animal is any signal dog, guide dog, or other animal trained to perform tasks for individuals with disabilities. The main purposes of service animals are to guide, pick up, fetch, or act as a medic alert for people who are disabled. These animals also can “help a person with a physical or psychological disability to live more independent, healthier, happier, or more mobile life” (Persels). Service dogs are the most common service animal used to help the disabled, however with the rise of alternative service animals that just might change. There are many different types of alternative animals like snakes, miniature horses, chimpanzees, capuchin monkey, ferrets, pigs, goats, ponies and etc. Yet there are many difficulties that alternative service animals and owners face. People who have alternative animals should be concerned about the risk factors of owning non-traditional service animals. …show more content…
However, in this day and age these animals help us more than ever. Whether an animal is there to comfort, serve, and help people, but lately have seemed to have forgotten that you cannot use every animal for these purposes. There's nothing wrong with having an alternative animal as a service animal however everyone should know that there's specific type of animals that should be used. Yet, what many have failed to realize is that these alternative animal are endangering lives. Due to these non-traditional animals the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state laws are having conflicts about the use of alternative service animals. Which are causing court cases to drag out for unneeded