Fake Service Animals California
With no national registry to identify a real from a fake some people are taking advantage.
Fake service animals california. Service animals are working animals not pets. The problem isnt people who legitimately need the assistance. This was not a proposal for a fake service dog law but an exploration of the need for one.
Misrepresentation includes creating or providing false documents that state an animal is a service animal as well as the use of fake service dog vests collars or harnesses. California may crack down on fake service dogs. Still trainers and those with service animals say theres a problemGet the full story in the video above.
Monday February 24 2014. The problem is that many people are saying their animals are service dogs in order to take. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring recently filed suit in Madison County against Service Dogs by Warren Retrievers a company that describes itself as selling highly trained service animals that assist with a variety of tasks including diabetic alerts according to The.
Having a fake service animal is a misdemeanor according to legislation that became effective Jan. The penalties vary depending on where the infraction took place. Still that doesnt seem to stop some people from trying to game the system.
No one begrudges a blind person the right to a guide dog. In 2014 the New Yorkers Patricia Marx gallivanted freely around the city with five successive fake ESA creatures including a snake an alpaca and a pig named Daphne demonstrating how easy. Many service dog handlers have stories of being turned away from businesses where a fake service dog has made a nuisance of itself previously causing the business owners to adopt a resolute no-animals policy even though this is against the law.
Badly behaved fake service dogs are hugely damaging to public perceptions of service animals. In California anyone caught using a fake service animal could be fined up to 1000 and imprisoned for six months. In California a person caught fraudulently claiming their pet is a service animal faces six months in jail and a 1000 fine.