CITY RESPONDS TO WOMAN WHO CLAIMED KANGAROO WAS HER SERVICE ANIMAL

Remember the woman who was kicked out of a McDonald’s in February because she had a kangaroo with her? Officials in the town, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, have now changed the city’s rules to officially define a service animal as a dog or miniature horse, but not a kangaroo. Police can now cite people who try to use other animals as service pets. The woman had wrapped her baby kangaroo in a blanket and tucked it in an infant car seat, then took it inside the McDonald’s. When a customer complained, she said the kangaroo was a therapy animal to help her cope with emotional distress. After the City Council’s Monday vote of 14-0, police can now cite people who try to use other animals as service pets.
* Her first mistake was not going to I-HOP.
* This is not helping with her emotional distress.
* The kangaroo pouch is a perfect place to store your ketchup for dipping French fries.
* It turns out the customer complained ’cause he thought the baby in the car seat was too ugly.
* How about dressing the kangaroo in a horse costume?
* What if the kangaroo self-identifies as a miniature horse? Who are we to say it’s really a kangaroo then?
* That being said, the therapy animal excuse is out of control. Who wants to see dogs sniffing the food in the supermarket?
* Do you really want an outbreak of fleas in the grocery store?
* Wait, miniature horses are a service animal? Can they open jars like those helper monkeys?
* A miniature horse would be a great way to haul the groceries.
* Sure, you get a little harness and hook it up to your shopping cart. It’d be perfect.