service animal
an animal that is specially trained and able to provide assistance to a person living with a disability, as guiding a blind person.
Origin of service animal
1- See also assistance animal, therapy animal.
Words Nearby service animal
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How to use service animal in a sentence
Where the DOT—through the ACAA—previously classified ESAs as service animals, it now classifies them as pets and requires that airlines make no special accommodation for them.
Why the Emotional Support Dog Ban Is Good for Everyone | Wes Siler | December 9, 2020 | Outside OnlineDuring 2017 alone, a single airline—Delta—says it flew 250,000 emotional support and service animals in its cabins.
Why the Emotional Support Dog Ban Is Good for Everyone | Wes Siler | December 9, 2020 | Outside OnlineDisabled people with service animals will experience minimal changes in how they travel, aside from seeing fewer numbers of ESAs on planes.
Why the Emotional Support Dog Ban Is Good for Everyone | Wes Siler | December 9, 2020 | Outside OnlineThe new rule now defines a service animal to be a dog that is “individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability” and limits the number of service animals a person can travel with to two.
Airlines will no longer be required to transport emotional support animals | Lori Aratani | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostOver the years, airlines have had to accommodate a growing variety of animals as the definition of what is considered a service animal expanded to include animals that travelers said they needed for emotional and psychological support when flying.
Airlines will no longer be required to transport emotional support animals | Lori Aratani | December 2, 2020 | Washington Post
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