The New Yorker Recently Wrote an Article on Emotional Support Animals.

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A recent article in The New Yorker about Emotional Support Animals.  Hilarious and illustrates the need for more regulation:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/20/pets-allowed

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I sat next to a woman at an airport bar, and her little dog, who had it's own bar stool. I questioned her about it good-naturedly and she replied that he was an ESA dog. I'm not so sure that entitled him to a seat at the bar or to be sharing her french fries.

It doesn't, legally. The ADA does not cover emotional support animals. The Air Carrier Access Act does, however, so the animal is allowed on her flight. (Fair Housing also does, so ESA's are allowed in private housing).