"Service dog fraud" is a thing, now. Qualified handlers are aggravated by the increase of people saying their dogs are service animals, allowing them entry to cool human-only places, when they are not.
The BBC reports that "it is easy to buy a service dog vest on the internet, such as this one at Amazon.
Issues with both service dogs and ESAs highlight a disquiet amongst some Americans regarding increasingly strict rules controlling where animals are allowed.
"I think a lot of this could be resolved by having different legislation about animals being allowed in public transportation and perhaps in cafes and more public places," says Dunbar.
"Unfortunately it is going in the other direction, which is I why I think we are seeing so much abuse."
