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Life is Simple
Life is Simple
The Midwest Cattleman · October 6, 2022 · P5

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Jerry Crownover at the local livestock auction, enough self-restraint to not ac- are allowed to enter public
but it appeared to be some- tually follow through. spaces with their individual
where around four to five feet Over the past few years, versions of support animals,
in length—about the same as we’ve seen people boarding that may include everything
the height of the young lady on planes and entering other pub- from chickens, snakes, lizards,
the other end of the leash. My lic venues with strange crea- pigs, llamas, and ferrets, to…
first thought was, what kind tures of all types, under the alligators.
of parent would allow their guise of being emotional sup- The gator story made me
young daughter to lead around port animals. I guess I’m more start wondering what our fa-
a potentially deadly animal in than a little old-fashioned, vorite animal-rights group
a public place? Looking back but when I think of emotion- would think. Surely, taking
on when my sons were about al support animals, I think of a wild animal out of its origi-
that age, I can remember times dogs, maybe cats, and possibly nal environment, restraining
when I would like to have fed (worst case scenario) a gerbil. it in a harness, and leading it
them to an alligator, but I had However, in this era, people continued on page 14
You probably saw the news
clip a few weeks ago, of the A STEP AH E AD
young girl at the water park,
leading her pet alligator on a
leash. City officials, who were THE ADVANTAGE
in charge of supervising the
park, allowed the animal to
accompany the girl, because
she claimed the reptile was an Y O U C A N TRU S T
emotional support animal.
It was difficult for me to de-
termine the size of the gator
from the picture, since I’m
unfamiliar with estimating
the weight of alligators, as
they go through the sale ring

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