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Hi, Tiffany. I thought you'd like a link to this article: "Heal, boy: How pets can keep you healthy" By Rebecca Armstrong, "The Independent"Tuesday, 6 May 2008 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/healthy-living/heal-boy-how-pets-can-keep-you-healthy-821515.html or (if that doesn't work) http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/051208HA.shtml

Keep pushing!

--Mary O'Keefe Kellogg (Charlie's aunt) 07:44, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Couldn't find your email on the fly but wanted to make sure you saw this dog-related article.

From: "assistdog112" October 19, 2008 1:43 AM

Apparently there is now a new Wal-Mart policy saying that all service animals and all emotional support animals of any type (even snakes) are to be allowed access! This story is from the Bowling Green Daily News:

http://bgdailynews.com/articles/2008/10/16/opinion/letters/letter2.txt

Wal-Mart policy on animals makes odd

Thursday, October 16, 2008 11:06 AM CDT

My name is Bob Talley an I am a Wal-Mart employee. Our store manager made us aware of a current change in Wal-Mart policy covering service animals and comfort animals.

It has long been understood that a service dog for the blind and deaf are welcome anywhere the public is allowed. It has been the addition of what is called a comfort animal that has us scratching our heads.

Wal-Mart policy now says if a customer enters our store with any animal that the customer claims to be their service/comfort animal, we must let them enter.

I asked our store manager, Thuan Trin, exactly what that covered. His reply was "any animal."

I ask him if a customer walked in with a dog, cat, boa, goat or a zebra and claimed it was a service animal, they were allowed in. His answer was, "yes absolutely."

I and many of my fellow associates and customers don't understand how this is allowed. Our Wal-Mart (store No. 0299) is a supercenter, which has a full grocery store.

Please help us understand why this is allowed and how this does not go against state and federal health codes and public safety.

Bob Talley Bowling Green

--Day Al-Mohamed 22:10, 24 October 2008 (UTC)