Articles Tagged with Service animals

The Oregonian had a story on March 22nd about an Alaskan boy with a miniature horse service animal. Miniature horses as service animals? Well, it turns out the Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee is having a public hearing and possible work session tomorrow (March 28) on SB 610 relating to service animals (including miniature horses).  Proposed legislation from last year’s session (HB 4053, died in committee) would have added miniature horses to the definition of assistance animals, and this year’s proposed legislation is similar. This session, SB 610 also modifies the definition of assistance animal to include miniature horses:

“To the extent that reasonable modifications can be made, “assistance animal” also means a miniature horse that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual that directly relate to the disability of the individual.”

 In the Department of Justice’s 2010 amendment to implementing title II of the ADA, the definition of service animal only includes dogs (though some states do have broader definitions of service animals).  In the Final Rule to Amend the Department of Justice’s Regulation Implementing Title II of the ADA,  the DOJ clarifies:

From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian:

I posted recently about Service Dogs (and other animals) and in a recent Saturday’s Oregonian (11/8/08) there was a letter to the editor with a link to another resource on Service Animals:

1) U.S. Department of Justice: type in service animal (singular) or service animals (plural) for different results. See e.g. their COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT