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C-Tran riders stretch definition of service animal
When a No. 71 C-Tran bus pulled up to a stop on Highway 99 this month, the driver encountered what might be called a creative interpretation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
According to dispatch logs, a man attempted to board the bus with an iguana. On his head. He claimed the lizard was a service animal.
The driver asked the two questions he’s supposed to under federal law: Is that a service animal? (The man said yes.) And, what service does that animal provide? When the man wouldn’t provide an answer to the second question, he and his iguana weren’t allowed to board the bus, according to C-Tran.
C-Tran policy allows service animals on the bus, but the agency can’t ask for a permit or other documentation. That leaves drivers at the mercy of something of an honor system as more and more people test the limits of the law, officials and riders say.