[nagdu] ESA dogs allowed on college campuses

[Marianne Denning]

I believe airlines and housing have some requirements around ESAs that
are different.  The school can do more than the law but not less.

On 7/14/15, Julie J. via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Kaye,
>
> You are correct the ADA doesn't consider emotional support animals to be
> service animals.  The ADA only says that folks with service animals *must*
> be allowed in any place where the public is normally allowed.  The ADA says
>
> nothing about excluding pets or  emotional support animals  from these same
>
> places.
>
> The only places that are regulated regarding entry of animals are health
> care establishments and food preparation establishments.   There might be
> some others, but none are coming to mind at the moment.  anyway if I want to
>
> open up a shoe store and put a "pets welcome" sign on the front door, it's
> totally legal and entirely my prerogative as a business owner.   A lot of
> home improvement/hardware type of stores allow well behaved pets, as do some
>
> restaurants in the outdoor seating area and some clothing stores.  Here in
> my town I can think of three stores off the top of my head that have pets in
>
> the store, the florist, the computer repair and the lawn care place.  Oh and
>
> the animal shelter has a greeter dog on staff.  I forgot about him.
>
> So if a college wants to allow pets or ESA's on campus they are entirely
> within their right to do so.  Or at least that is how I understand the
> laws.
>
> Julie
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kaye Kipp via nagdu
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 10:44 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Cc: Kaye Kipp
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] ESA dogs allowed on college campuses
>
> Well, I could be wrong about this, and I likely am, but it's my
> understanding that the ADA doesn't consider emotional support animals to be
> service animals in the legal sense.  If that's the case, can they really do
> that?
>
> Kaye
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Abigail Bolling
> via nagdu
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 7:09 AM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Abigail Bolling
> Subject: [nagdu] ESA dogs allowed on college campuses
>
> Hi all.
> The university I attend is passing a policy that allows emotional support
> animals to be living in on campus housing.
> The only reason I am not thrilled with this change is because we as a
> university have had no less than five dog fights on campus in the last year
> alone. All of these fights have been between a service dog and an esa.
> What do you guys think of this?
>
> Abigail Bolling
>
> Wright State University-2019: Social Work
>
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
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