It's pretty amazing how much you can get away with under the FHA and ADA. However, it is a crime to misrepresent your dog (or miniature horse. Only these two animals can be "service animals") as a service animal. Emotional support animals are a different thing, though I understand many states have passed laws cracking down on fraudulent claims there, as well.
As a policy matter, it seems that at the federal level we've decided this is an acceptable cost for the enormous benefit the FHA and ADA provide for people with disabilities. Personally, I'd like to see these laws rewritten.
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