• Under the ADA, a service animal means “any dog* that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability. Other species of animals, whether wild or domestic, trained or untrained, are not service animals for the purposes of this definition. The work or tasks performed by a service animal must be directly related to the individual’s disability.”
Service Animals, Part 2.1 What is a service animal?
*There is one exception to the stipulation that a service animal may only be a dog. In very rare circumstances the Department of Justice has indicated that a miniature horse can be a service animal, as well.
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