Which was the stupid legislation? The feds limiting what can be service animals? Or the local government allowing service animals to include rats that were demonstrated to provide early warning of a seizure?
OK, you win. Anyone's household pet should be immediately reclassified as a "service animal" at the owners request and discretion and people should be allowed to bring them wherever they want, whenever they want.
Horses, reptiles, snakes, birds, rats, chimpanzees, lions, tigers and bears, no animal left behind! Bring your grunting, snuffling potbellied pig to your favorite restaurant, and feed it from the table. Your asocial pet raccoon
should be able to sit right next to you on the bus. Take your pet howler monkey to the opera, he'll delight the fellow patrons! A 12-foot python makes a great airplane traveling companion, especially if he's trying to get to know the service rat seated next to him a little better.
When these newly classified service animals make a mess, attack someone they perceive as a threat, trigger a panic attack or an allergic reaction, whatever, oh well... they're now "service animals" , not pets. so get over it, John Q. Public.
We have reasonable federal regs in place for service dogs, where do you draw the line? Obviously, in the uber-liberal, wacky world of the PRC, wherever you can find a few like-minded city council members.
Rant over.
