"Passing off" my foot! Steve's second quote at the bottom of my sig lines applies in this case. <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-25/wa-bill-would-narrow-definition-of-service-animals.html> > WA bill would narrow definition of service animals > Bloomberg >Supporters say the measure, which cleared the House Rules Committee on >Thursday, is necessary to keep customers in establishments where food >is sold from trying to pass off ferrets, parrots, monkeys, full-size >horses, snakes and lizards as service ... Do you realize how EASY and CLEAR it would be if there were service animal permits that were issued the EXACT SAME WAY as handicapped parking placards? Let the treating physician decide if the animal is performing as a service animal or not. Then the people with the service animals would need to carry the permit the same as they do the handicapped service parking. Problem solved using an existing system so no additional costs and no risks. Why don't they just do that instead of taking such a bullying approach which could endanger quads who use service monkeys and people who use seizure alert ferrets? Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/ http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html all ferret topics: http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html "All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow." (2010, Steve Crandall) On change for its own sake: "You can go really fast if you just jump off the cliff." (2010, Steve Crandall) [Posted in FML 6985]
