{"id":1570,"date":"2017-02-17T22:06:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T22:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2017-02-17T22:07:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T22:07:08","slug":"misrepresenting-pets-as-service-animals-could-become-misdemeanor-in-wy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/animal-law\/misrepresenting-pets-as-service-animals-could-become-misdemeanor-in-wy\/","title":{"rendered":"Misrepresenting Pets as Service Animals Could Become Misdemeanor in WY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Cheyenne, Wyoming, <a href=\"http:\/\/trib.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/bill-would-penalize-misrepresenting-a-service-animal\/article_f8aa617d-95f5-54a0-a3ec-d2adb3fa4194.html\" target=\"_blank\">misrepresenting a pet as a service animal may become\u00a0a misdemeanor carrying a fine of up to\u00a0$750<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For some, issues like this inevitably evoke sarcastic responses: &#8220;Government is focusing on fake service animals now? So this must mean we&#8217;ve solved unemployment, industrial pollution, and homelessness, right? Har har har.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But we are glad to see this issue addressed. Pets posing as service animals de-legitimizes real service animals and their work, and that comes with real consequences. Consequences for the public, for businesses, for tenants and landlords, and most importantly, for these wonderful animals and the people who depend on them their well-being and independence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1572\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1572\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1572\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NotServiceDog-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"Good chance this dog is a great pet. Almost zero chance this dog is a service animal.\" width=\"440\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NotServiceDog-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NotServiceDog-768x583.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NotServiceDog.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center>Good chance this dog is a great pet. Near certain chance this dog is not a service animal.<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1347\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/naiaLogo-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"naiaLogo\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/naiaLogo-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/naiaLogo-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/naiaLogo-1024x530.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Cheyenne, Wyoming, misrepresenting a pet as a service animal may become a misdemeanor carrying a fine of up to $750.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1570"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1577,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570\/revisions\/1577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}