...the Department of Justice is redefining "service animal". They've redefined "animal" to mean "dog"! I've got nothing against dogs, but there are people who use non-canine animals as service animals, and suddenly they are going to be stripped of the legal rights associated with service animal use.
The Bush administration has clearly never heard of Monkey Helpers. From the official Monkey Helpers website:
Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled is a national nonprofit serving quadriplegic and other people with severe spinal cord injuries or mobility-impairments by providing highly trained monkeys to assist with daily activities.
We raise and train these monkeys to act as live-in companions who, over the course of 20-30 years, will provide the gifts of independence, companionship, dignity and hope to the people they help.
By the way, that could be the most awesome video I've seen in a long, long time. I'm dead serious about this. Why does President Bush hate disabled Americans and their monkey helpers?