[nagdu] FYI FW: Michigan regs on animal imports

Mark J. Cadigan kramc11 at gmail.com
Fri Dec 27 22:17:13 UTC 2013


My understanding is that federal law trumps state law, and they can't stop 
someone from traveling with a guide dog.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Hingson" <Mike at michaelhingson.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 5:09 PM
Subject: [nagdu] FYI FW: Michigan regs on animal imports


> Any comments on this?
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> Michael Hingson
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> This subject is a very touchy matter especially for blinded Veterans who
> need their guide dogs for travel.
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> I have to see what the laws are in Minnesota for guide dogs. Thank you for
> this information.
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> I have been a guide dog user for 24 years, and it has always been common
> knowledge that health certificates were not required on domestic flights, 
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> per the airlines.  This is different in that this state, Michigan, has
> written laws governing import of animals into the state, and has opted to
> include traveling service animals as subject to these laws.  This is not
> hearsay, as I talked with the Dr. heading the program there with the
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> On Dec 23, 2013, at 5:37 PM, Timothy Hornik <timothy.hornik at gmail.com>
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> Paul,
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> I will be interested to see if anyone with a Service Animal actually is
> stopped. Are these types of regulations common for transferring common
> domestic animals between other states? I only ask as I have no experience
> with this type of requirements.
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> Thank you for your assistance,
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