[Artemisia] pets at events

[morgan wolf]

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> From: "Jackman-Brink, Julia" <Julia.Jackman-Brink at mso.umt.edu>
> To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 5:03:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] pets at events
> 
> Having just mundanely dealt with this very issue here on Campus....
> 
> Everyone needs to be aware there are now several categories of "Service" 
> animals. There are the traditional "Service" types that you see helping the 
> impaired, but there also now "Companion" and even "Therapy" animals. You'll 
> encounter all of these terms depending on the need of an individual or medical 
> community.  On a campus of 13,000 we often have all three types.  These animals 
> all serve very different purposes for the people involved. 
> 
> We cannot ask WHY anyone needs them.  That is a privacy issue. Don't even go 
> there. 
> 
> What matters to us, and more importantly to event stewards is this:  
> 
> An official service/therapy/companion animal will have proper documentation from 
> their medical provider or therapist and/or an official ID card for their animal, 
> to prove their status. They are required to provide it if asked for proof of 
> status.  All animals of this type are required to have a tag or vest identifying 
> them animals as such when out in the public. If they don't have it, then we 
> aren't obligated to recognize the animal as such. That is the way it is.  
> 
> Juliana

And to keep the point of the original post, all service/therapy/companion animals are also required to be leashed/controlled at all times, per site rules/mundane leash laws.  Just because Phydeaux knows when you're about to have an epileptic seizure doesn't mean he gets to roam free.
  
Morgan
 
 
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