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Clearwater Beach man facing eviction over emotional support squirrel
WFLA Channel 8 ^ | November 13, 2017 | Jamel Lanee

Posted on 11/13/2017 7:48:58 PM PST by mairdie

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To: DoodleBob

Evicted and homeless...

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41 posted on 11/13/2017 9:00:53 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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To: doug from upland
I think he has a shot at winning this.

Already won, really... Other examples which are already won... Turkeys (wild and domestic), miniature horses, pigs (pygmy and full sized breeds), snakes (judge determined that someone's emotional support rattler needed to be safely milked each week), tarantulas, crows, and parrots.

42 posted on 11/13/2017 9:01:39 PM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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43 posted on 11/13/2017 9:02:13 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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To: mairdie
OK. looked at all the cute pics, but still do not understand the difference between a squirrel and a chipmunk.

Hear squirrels referred to as tree rats, so assume they are rodents of some species. Not heard of chipmunks being called that.

44 posted on 11/13/2017 9:11:56 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: ETL

I WANT IT!!!!!


45 posted on 11/13/2017 9:14:17 PM PST by mairdie
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To: kingu

That is absolutely wonderful!


46 posted on 11/13/2017 9:15:16 PM PST by mairdie
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To: doug from upland

Oh, I so desperately hope you’re right.


47 posted on 11/13/2017 9:15:43 PM PST by mairdie
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To: doorgunner69

Number 36 is the only chipmunk shown. They’re MUCH tinier. And faster than a squirrel. Only thing like the two that’s even faster is a small red squirrel. Those are aggressive and chase the larger animals away. But no idea of the genus/species connections.


48 posted on 11/13/2017 9:19:42 PM PST by mairdie
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To: mairdie
So some center that specializes in helping people with PTSD had the guy sit with a giraffe, a dog, a cat, a moose, and a squirrel and decided the squirrel was the best emotional support animal for him?

Where's the critters little vest and a certificate showing it was trained as a support animal?

This is just another case of, "the rules don't apply to me and I know how to game the system to get my way", nothing more.

49 posted on 11/13/2017 9:19:58 PM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: Rashputin

I have to admit that I am willing to see him game the system if he can keep an animal that he loves. And it would be adorable in a tiny little vest.


50 posted on 11/13/2017 9:21:48 PM PST by mairdie
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To: mairdie
When he games the system to have someone else thrown out over some minor infraction, that'll be all good, too, because the person thrown out will look good sleeping in his car while looking for another place?

Keep letting anyone and everyone take an inch if you like but don't complain when together they've taken a mile and leave you no where to stand.

51 posted on 11/13/2017 9:27:08 PM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

They are exotic to Aussies it seems.


52 posted on 11/13/2017 9:34:20 PM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: mairdie

Cute little guys, but I think they can just stay up in the attic. Not giving them the run of the house, even for a cuddle!


53 posted on 11/13/2017 10:04:36 PM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: ETL

That one’s a ground squirrel or prairie dog, isn’t it?


54 posted on 11/13/2017 10:06:07 PM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed

I don’t know. Does seem to be missing the large bushy tail, though.


55 posted on 11/13/2017 10:14:30 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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To: mairdie

This falls under the limits of stupid. A squirrel is not considered an exotic animal in Florida which requires a permit to have one. So what’s the complaint?

http://www.bornfreeusa.org/b4a2_exotic_animals_state.php?s=fl

Read the law you idiots.

rwood


56 posted on 11/13/2017 10:18:49 PM PST by Redwood71 (uality, they want better)
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To: Elderberry; ETL
Red Squirrels are very aggressive and destructive.

Grey Squirrels' bite will draw blood.

Chipmunks are very trainable. They will do anything for a sunflower seed. Every Spring, I train chipmunks to come to my whistle! Especially funny to see chipmunks ricocheting across a hundred feet of forest to race to me holding a sunflower seed...Chipmunks have even identified the sound of opening the jar I keep the sunflower seeds in.

In captivity, they live about eight years; in Nature, about five. Most youngsters are chased from the nest while still "naïve" of their predators.

The slowness of our court system guarantees the squirrel won't outlive any verdict.

57 posted on 11/13/2017 11:36:28 PM PST by Does so (McAuliffe's Charlottesville...and...The Walter Duranty Press"...)
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To: Does so
You remember Bernard Goetz—of NYC subway shooting fame? "Bernhard Goetz shot four alleged muggers on a New York City Subway train in Manhattan."

http://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/01/nyregion/man-tells-police-he-shot-youths-in-subway-train.html

One minute video of Goetz trying not to get bitten by his playful squirrel. (Also fought eviction in New Hampshire for keeping his squirrel).

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/09/subway-gunman-b.html

58 posted on 11/13/2017 11:56:21 PM PST by Does so (McAuliffe's Charlottesville...and...The Walter Duranty Press"...)
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To: mairdie

This is kind of a reverse catch-22. Telling people that you need an emotional support squirrel is probably the clearest possible evidence that you actually need an emotional support squirrel.


59 posted on 11/14/2017 12:52:50 AM PST by AZLiberty (The logical endpoint of "zero-tolerance history" is zero history.)
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To: mairdie

“Want to buy a squirrel”?

Only thing Whoopi Goldberg ever said that I didn’t disagree with.

From the Whoopi character in the movie “Rat Race”, an absolutely hilarious movie.


60 posted on 11/14/2017 2:35:37 AM PST by spiderpig (does whatever a SpiderPig does)
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