I’m glad to share public space with people’s therapy pets ( as long as they’re not turkeys)Dogs might be man’s best friend,but they’re also kind of passé. At least, they are when it comes to the rise of “emotional support animals”, or ESAs (which,incidentally, is the same acronym for the disability payment in the UK known as employment and support allowance – probably best not to get those two confused). Emotional support animals absorb soared back into the headlines after a woman’s “emotional support peacock” was barred from a United Airlines flight, or possibly because that company’s priorities instead lie with having humans dragged off planes.
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Source: guardian.co.uk