Submitted on Monday 9th October 2017
Rejected on Tuesday 17th October 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Make Emotional Support Animals Available in the UK
Emotional support animals are currently not available to people in the UK. The can provide people who suffer from mental health issues (such as anxiety/depression) a great deal of care and support on a 24/7 basis, that they would not necessarily get from anywhere else.
Countries such as America already have a system for Emotional Support animals implemented within their Service Animal system. Emotional support animals have been known to assist disabled individuals with severe depression, generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and many other emotional and psychiatric disabilities. These animals need no specific training and are therefore of no cost to the government but may change the life of a person granted permission to keep one. They provide therapeutic benefits to people with mental health disorders through companionship. Please see the following website for more information: https://www.animallaw.info/article/faqs-emotional-support-animals#s1
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Provision of emotional support dogs is not the responsibility of the UK Parliament or Government.
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