Let’s just grant that it is. This is pretty uncontroversial, but if we’re talking about drawing lines how about an emotional support crocodile?
The truth is as a dog owner, I wouldn’t trust my dog to not freak out on a plane, she just isn’t trained for that and it would be unfair of me to expect that she would behave without proper training. Yes I am saying that it’s not about the woman, but about the animal that’s being asked to provide emotional support, if that squirrel scratches somebody, even accidentally, things aren’t going to go well for it.
A responsible pet owner wouldn’t do that. Since I grant that this person get’s emotional security from the squirrel I would expect the owner to provide some training in order for the squirrel to perform it’s function without being put in danger.
If she was making it up, we could call her selfish, but since she’s not but is being negligent in providing for the needs of the animal then I could still call her selfish.
