[bksvol-discuss] NYTimes.com: Creature Comforts
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This is an interesting NY Times Magazine article about service animals,
including a blind woman who uses a miniature horse--and she doesn't live on a
farm--along with the advantages and disadvantages. There's also a picture of
her with Panda, her horse. The article is, unfortunately, 8 pages, but it also
discusses other birds and animals that help people with various disabilities.
Unfortunately,apparently "United States government is considering a proposal
that would force Edie and many others like her to stop using their service
animals. But that's precisely what's happening, because a growing number of
people believe the world of service animals has gotten out of control: first it
was guide dogs for the blind; now it's monkeys for quadriplegia and
agoraphobia, guide miniature horses, a goat for muscular dystrophy, a parrot
for psychosis and any number of animals for anxiety, including cats, ferrets,
pigs, at least one iguana and a duck." We may have o do something about tha
t. Cindy Ro
MAGAZINE | January 04, 2009
Creature Comforts
By REBECCA SKLOOT
It's no longer just guide dogs for blind people. Service animals now include
monkeys for quadriplegics, parrots for psychotics and at least one assistance
duck. Should the law recognize all of them?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/magazine/04Creatures-t.html?emc=eta1
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