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Old Aug 22, 2011 | 7:00 pm
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Originally Posted by BStrauss3
So we already have a useless bureaucracy dealing with air travel. It's pretty simple: you get a form, take it to your mental health provider, s/he fills it out and you mail it to TSA with a picture of the service animal. They send you a placard which you hang from the service animal.
Just to clarify, an "emotional support animal" is not the same as a "service animal" in the eyes of the law (and also in many practical ways).
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