Service Animals

The resources listed here provide guidance and support for dealing with issues pertaining to service animals.

Service Animals and Emotional Support Animals: This booklet, prepared by staff at the Southwest ADA Center discusses service animals and emotional support animals  and where they are allowed and under what conditions.  A link to the booklet in Word form is also available at the site for downloading. It is the desire of the authors and  the handler of the guide dog to whom the booklet is dedicated, that the guide will be useful in improving the understanding about service animals, their purpose and role, their extensive training, and the rights of their handlers to travel freely and to experience the same access to employment, public accommodations, transportation, and services that others take for granted.

Job Accommodations Network on Service Animals: The Job Accommodations Network (JAN) has prepare several resources addressing issues surrounding service animals, including service animals in the workplace, emotional support animals, and Service Dog laws.

Table of State Assistance Animal Laws: The Animal Legal and Historical Center at Michigan State University College of Law has prepared a table which compares all 50 states’ assistance animal laws for several categories. Included are assistance animal accommodation laws, criminal interference laws, licensing laws, disabled pedestrian laws, and service animal misrepresentation laws. Links to the text of the various laws are provided. An introductory section explains what users can expect to find in the  resource and provides some background information about assistance animal/service dog laws.