Emotional support animal

Emotional support animal

An emotional support animal (ESA) is one who provides theraputic benefit to its owner through companionship and affection. Emotional support animals are not specially trained to ameliorate disability as psychiatric service dogs are. They require only as much training as an ordinary pet requires in order to live peacefully among humans without being a nuisance or a danger to others.

Several scientific studies have shown the health benefits of pet ownership. [http://www.deltasociety.org/AnimalsHealthGeneralGeneral.htm Health Benefits of Animals: General] Retrieved on March 30, 2008.] Simple petting can lower a person's blood pressure or reduce stress levels.

In the U.S., two federal laws grant special rights to some owners of emotional support animals.

The Fair Housing Amendments Act (FHAA) establishes a procedure for modifying "no pets" policies in most types of housing to permit a person with a disability or a person who is elderly to keep a pet for emotional support. The qualified applicant sends a written request of reasonable accommodation to the landlord along with a letter from a physician. [http://servicedogcentral.org/content/node/138 Service Dog Central] Retrieved on December 27, 2007.] If the landlord refuses the request for accommodation, a complaint can be filed with the department of Housing and Urban Development or with the U.S. Department of Justice.

In housing that allows pets but charges supplemental rent or deposits for them, some jurisdictions and individual companies will waive these fee for ESAs.

The Air Carrier Access Act establishes a procedure for modifying pet policies on aircraft to permit a person with a disability to travel with a prescribed emotional support animal so long as they have appropriate documentation and the animal is not a danger to others and does not interfere with others (through unwanted attention, barking, inappropriate toileting, etc.). [http://airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/rules/rules.htm Aviation Consumer Protection Home Page ] Retrieved on December 27, 2007.]

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