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Know how to properly address situations involving potential ESA, service animal fraud
Author(s) -
Masinter Michael R.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
student affairs today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7552
pISSN - 1098-5166
DOI - 10.1002/say.30702
Subject(s) - residence , service (business) , companion animal , internet privacy , psychology , medical education , business , internet portal , advertising , the internet , public relations , medicine , marketing , sociology , political science , computer science , world wide web , demography , psychotherapist
Occasionally, students deliberately misrepresent their pets as emotional support animals, service dogs, or both. The internet is rife with scam sites that offer ESA letters for a fee, and some students have purchased letters from those sites. Adding to the problem, students living in residence halls with already approved ESA dogs sometimes claim they have trained their dog to be a psychiatric service dog, allowing them to take it to classes and meals. These students may simply show up with their dog in classrooms or campus food services with rehearsed but fraudulent answers to the two approved Department of Justice questions.