BEAVER DAM, Wis. (AP) — Officials have changed a southeastern Wisconsin city’s rules on service animals after a woman took a baby kangaroo into a McDonald’s restaurant.
The Beaver Dam Daily Citizen reports the city’s Common Council voted 14-0 Monday night to define a service animal as a dog or miniature horse, but not a kangaroo. Police can cite people who try to use other animals.
Beaver Dam police say the woman wrapped the baby kangaroo in a blanket and tucked it in an infant car seat, then took it inside a McDonald’s in February. The woman has said the kangaroo is a therapy animal to help her cope with emotional distress.
City Attorney Maryann Schacht says the changes comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Information from: Daily Citizen, http://www.wiscnews.com/bdc
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They should just ban the humans that try to use Kangaroos as service animals, not the poor Kanga’s themselves.
miniature horse?
So, a cat is not okay, but a horse is?
Come now.
What the hell, Beaver Dam? Wisconsin is supposed to be an open carry state.
So what did the roo do that was so terrible it merited a 14-0 vote against it? How could a baby kangaroo be more disruptive in a McD than a miniature horse? There have been allegations of both being in the burgers.
So are boa constrictors still okay? Asking for a friend…
Aww, dang. My, uh, friend is going to be disappointed.