From https://adata.org/guide/service-animals-and-emotional-support-animals https://adata.org/guide/service-animals-and-emotional-suppor... "Emotional support a

From https://adata.org/guide/service-animals-and-emotional-support-animals https://adata.org/guide/service-animals-and-emotional-suppor... "Emotional support animals, comfort animals, and therapy dogs are not service animals under Title II and Title III of the ADA. [...] It does not matter if a person has a note from a doctor that states that the person has a disability and needs to have the animal for emotional support. A doctor’s letter does not turn an animal into a service animal." This post is about emotional support animals, not service animals. Your animal, who's helping you feel better despite your phobia, is not a service animal. This is exactly because people keep blurring the line between these 2 different situations that airlines, restaurants and other businesses have to implement "a-hole policies".