06-22-2017, 02:27 PM
Okay...this is a little much. Let's hope that students with allergies triggered by others' emotional support animals don't start a civil war. Or maybe students with severe aversions to aforementioned tarantulas, snakes, etc.
The smells, the animal bio waste, etc. are all non-trivial issues/responsibilities to deal with. And heaven forbid that support animals not get along with each other--e.g. trained seeing-eye dogs are one thing, but emotional support animals don't seem to be required to undergo any sort of training. And maybe Fido attacks Fifi and causes severe trauma--who's to blame?
Can't wait for the first emotional support rattlesnake.
I'm not against the idea of emotional support, but the logistics are not that simple where animals are concerned.
The smells, the animal bio waste, etc. are all non-trivial issues/responsibilities to deal with. And heaven forbid that support animals not get along with each other--e.g. trained seeing-eye dogs are one thing, but emotional support animals don't seem to be required to undergo any sort of training. And maybe Fido attacks Fifi and causes severe trauma--who's to blame?
Can't wait for the first emotional support rattlesnake.
I'm not against the idea of emotional support, but the logistics are not that simple where animals are concerned.