In Legal Terms: Service Animals - a podcast by MPB Think Radio

Everyone loves a puppy! We’ll learn about your rights with a service animal with guest Robert Schwinn the National Legal Administrator at Canine Companions  and disability attorney Rick Courtney whose daughter has a service animal. 

Canine companions website: https://canine.org/

From their website anyone can pre-order their 2024 puppy calendar, sponsor a puppy, or learn how to donate or volunteer.

National Headquarters:

1-866-CCI-DOGS (224-3647)

P.O. Box 446

Santa Rosa, CA 95402-0446

If you’d like to read up on Mississippi law, check out

2013 Mississippi Code

Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE

Chapter 6 - RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

Article 5 - MISSISSIPPI SUPPORT ANIMAL ACT

§ 43-6-155 - Support animals' access to public places; limitations

https://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/2013/title-43/chapter-6/article-5/section-43-6-155

It’s always best to go to the official source for information. https://www.ada.gov/resources/service-animals-2010-requirements/

US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division: ADA requirements: service animals page where you can learn how “service animals are defined, where they are allowed, and how they must behave. According to their website:

Staff may ask two questions: (1) is the dog a service animal required because of a disability, and (2) what work or task has the dog been trained to perform.

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