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brooklynite

(94,571 posts) Mon Apr 8, 2019, 03:49 PM Apr 2019

Each passenger is allowed one piece of luggage and one personal item...

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Each passenger is allowed one piece of luggage and one personal item... (Original Post) brooklynite Apr 2019 OP

Ignoring the abuse of "therapy" animal designation, how can they refuse them as well? hlthe2b Apr 2019 #1

The bag dogs of NYC.... jberryhill Apr 2019 #2

If the dogs are in IKEA bags, does that make them The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #4

What a sweet Samoyed. sinkingfeeling Apr 2019 #3

hlthe2b

(102,276 posts)

1. Ignoring the abuse of "therapy" animal designation, how can they refuse them as well?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Apr 8, 2019, 04:00 PM

Apr 2019

The MTA allows service animals like guide dogs to board trains without being in enclosed containers, but does not extend that provision to therapy animals or dogs used for emotional support.

I'm not talking about the OP example, but rather the bigger picture. How is this not a violation of the ADA?

And, again, I don't doubt the need to crack down on abuse of the "therapy" animal system, but to deny them totally?