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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it were an actual service animal, the family would have very likely disclosed the reasoning among other details. Ie, "grandfather of 4 with history of seizures."

This was almost certainly a pet that someone decided to call their "service animal." And regardless, the animal was transported improperly on the train--even if it was a legitimate service animal. [/quote]

That is wildly untrue. The family shouldn't have to disclose the specific disability in order to be believed. They said it was a service animal. Why do you require disabled people to disclose medical information to you in order to believe them? [/quote]

Because so many people abuse laws and regulations regarding service animals, and it negatively affects people who really need service animals for legitimate medical assistance. And there's zero indication that the man was disabled - where are you getting this information? [/quote]

All the articles are reporting that his family is saying it's a service dog. [/quote]

Just because the family says it's a service dog, doesn't mean that it is. It almost certainly was not.

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[b]Service dogs cost thousands of dollars to train for specific tasks.[/b] I don’t think they would just get adopted out to a random family. The family is saying it’s a service dog but I don’t think it is. It’s still a tragedy and I still feel badly for this gentleman.

This is a cautionary tale as to why pets, a.k.a. emotional support animals should not be allowed just anywhere. It is literally an accident waiting to happen.[/quote]

Seeing eye dogs, generally yes. Dogs trained for other things (seizure/low blood pressure detection, allergy detection, pressure training for anxiety attacks, etc) generally don't and are often owner-trained. There is no such thing as service dog certification on a national level and no training requirements beyond being task-trained for a certain condition. Since they are in public, they should be obedient and compliant, but theoretically you could have a wild-ass doodle who is not but who is ace at detecting tree nut presence in even trace amounts in food. That dog still counts. [/quote]

"Service dogs" (with or without a vest on) include emotional support animals.

The appropriate level of training for an emotional support animal is left up to the individual patient, to train as they see fit. [/quote]

Uh, no. "Emotional support animals" are NOT service animals. Every pet is an emotional support animal, and pets need to remain at home. Service animals are ones that have been trained to accomplish a specific medical task for a person. 
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This. Some posters are being willfully obtuse about the distinction.[/quote]

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