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Emotional Service Animal Certification
An (ESA) animal is an animal that can provide emotional and therapeutic benefit to those suffering with emotional issues, anxiety or psychiatric problems. Most often an emotional support animal is a cat or a dog but we have seen other animals like pigs also registered.
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In order to benefit from the federal law protection under the United States a person must have a medical recommendation letter from a licensed mental health counselor stating the person has an emotional condition and the animal provides emotional support benefiting the person with the disability. The animal doesn’t need specific working abilities to become and emotional support animal.
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In order to benefit from the federal law protection under the United States a person must have a note from a licensed mental health counselor stating the person has a condition and the animal provides emotional support benefiting the person with the disability. The animal doesn’t need specific working abilities to become and emotional support animal.
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ESA pets are protected under Federal law. Landlords cannot discriminate against pet owners who have ESA-certified animals.
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Services to register animals as Emotional Support Animals can be found by searching on the Internet.
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SoFlaPets recommends the following counselor:
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(561) 312-3462
Remote consults are available.
If insurance is not used to cover the fee, if you advise that you found her services on SoFlaPets, certification will cost $75 instead of $100.
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