“…business owners are getting nervous about a new federal regulation requiring a particular breed of horse to be allowed into shops and restaurants across the country…”
The case, as well as the regulation, has drawn concern from at least one lawmaker on Capitol Hill, as well as the National Restaurant Association.
The Justice Department regulations were tailored for so-called “service” horses – miniature horses that, like service dogs, accompany the blind and others with disabilities to help them get around.
But the rules were a lawsuit waiting to happen, according to critics. And sure enough, a suit was filed earlier this month in Los Angeles, by a man who uses a wheelchair and keeps a miniature horse named Princess — and who claims a local GameStop and Marshalls refused him and his horse service.
