Clearwater Beach man facing eviction over emotional support squirrel

WFLA Channel 8 ^ | November 13, 2017 | Jamel Lanee

[bigbob]

Emotional Support Tree Rat

[blueunicorn6]

I’ve see the Paint By Numbers kits, but never a Paint By Squirrel kit.

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[mairdie]

Your images are spectacular! Love them!

[mairdie]

Thank you for the correct link.

[Daffynition]

Don't ax.

[DoodleBob]

[mairdie]

I feed squirrels just under the window and daydream about leaving the window open. Husband wouldn’t like cables chomped, though.

[mairdie]

I’d move.

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[PGR88]

I have them in my attic. NOT adorable!

[mairdie]

[mairdie]

Backyard Birds and Squirrels

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[doug from upland]

I think he has a shot at winning this.

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[kingu]

A squirrel wouldn't be under ADA accommodations, it would be under HUD’s extremely broad emotional support animal reasonable accommodation for any residence covered by the FAIR housing act (which would be virtually all of them.)

This case ended as soon as he handed over his doctor's note. When he did that, it became a reasonable accommodation request which must be granted short of actual damage being done by the animal AND no reasonable steps taken to prevent future damage.

And yeah, HUD does not (nor probably ever will) require any ‘registration’ of an ESA.

As for the exotic designation, Florida's helpfully answered that: http://myfwc.com/license/captive-wildlife/#not required — Squirrels are not considered exotic animals and require no special permit.

So, yeah, hope the association likes paying the guy's legal bills and hopefully it's amicable enough that he doesn't sue them for damages, as they've already lost.

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