QUESTION
A ROOSTER AS A EMOTIONAL SERVICE ANIMAL
Asked on Apr 21st, 2023 on Landlord and Tenant Law - Florida
More details to this question:
TENANTS ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME HAVE A ROOSTER AND A LOT OF CHICKENS .WELL THE ROOSTER CROWS AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY .MYSELF AND A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AREA ARE TIRED OF THE CROWING .THE POLICE HAVE BEEN CALLED A DOZEN TIMES ,AS WELL AS ST PETERSBURG CODE ENFORCEMENT .THE TENANTS PUT A LETTER ON THE DOOR THAT MORNING THAT THE POLICE WERE GOING TO GIVE THEM A CITATION .SO NOW THEY SAID THAT THERE HANDS ARE TIED ,BECAUSE OF THE DOCTORS LETTER .THE BOY IS A PARA PELEGIC 14 YRS OLD .WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF THE DAM ROOSTER CROWING ,CAN ANYTHING BE DONE .ON THIS NUISANCETO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
1 ANSWER
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Roosters cannot be "service" animals under the ADA. This sounds like a bogus ESA claim with a rent a doc online or a physician callously handing out such letters. Your remedy would be to sue the LL and the tenant for the nusiance enforcement. This would involve some significant litigation expense and you would need to retain a lawyer to pursue a lawsuit properly.
Answered on Apr 23rd, 2023 at 1:19 PM
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