Fake Service Animals California
Penal Code 3657 1994 Cal.
Fake service animals california. It is a misdemeanor offense to pretend your pet is a service animal in California. In California a person caught fraudulently claiming their pet is a service animal faces six months in jail and a 1000 fine. Still trainers and those with service animals say theres a problemGet the full story in the video above.
California has long addressed the issue. Are you an owner of an assistance animal. Businesses have been dealing for years with the hassles of accommodating customers and employees with service animals.
The service dog reputation is at stake and its because some pet owners think no pet policies shouldnt apply. In California the punishment for falsely claiming to have a service dog or be a trainer includes a fine of up to 1000 and up to six months in jail. California may crack down on fake service dogs.
The problem is that many people are saying their animals are service dogs in order to take. The crime is punishable by up to six months in jail andor a fine of up to 1000. Badly behaved fake service dogs are hugely damaging to public perceptions of service animals.
Makes falsely claiming an animal to be a service animal a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for six month or a fine up to 1000 or both. With no national registry to identify a real from a fake some people are taking advantage. Many service dog handlers have stories of being turned away from businesses where a fake service dog has made a nuisance of itself previously causing the business owners to adopt a resolute no-animals policy even though this is against the law.
On January 30 2012 a six-year-old boy was killed at Fort Campbell in Oak Grove Tennessee by a German Shepherd medical service dog. About a third of the states have enacted anti-fake service animal. Fake service animals act like pets.