I was recently informed by my building administrator that there is another tenant living in the building who says she has a service dog, and has "papers" for it. It is a 2-yo pitbull, and has attacked a 5-yo child as well as other adults. The staff member wanted to make me aware of the issue. She didn't tell me where the tenant lives, but she did tell me the areas of the building that she frequents with the dog, and what entrance she uses. They are at a loss as how to prove her service dog is fake, which they and I are sure it is. No service dog should attack anyone ever. I decided to do a quick google search just for the heck of it, and although I was very specific, I got a page of results featuring websites that offer service dog certificates. This just proves how easy it is to create fraudulent service dog licenses. If anyone has ideas of who I could tell the building to contact, I'd love to hear them. I did tell the staff member that just being a service dog, whether or not it can be proved that it's legit, doesn't mean the dog can behave any way it wants and it will be protected. It has to be clean and well mannered, otherwise the dog and its handler can be legally removed from an establishment. I've also considered the possibility that maybe there is no legal way out of this, but surely if the license is fraudulent, there must be a way to prove it.
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