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Interesting subject. Perhaps you can provide a comment on the following. A new tenant moved into the building signing a lease acknowledging no pets. Nor was any request made at the time to keep a pet to the Owners Corporation. The building is sign posted ‘no pets’. Subsequently a dog appeared. The body corporate and owner of the apartment was informed it belonged to someone else and would be gone in a matter of weeks. This never eventuated and the new tenant then claimed the dog was a special needs assistance dog that has been admitted to the mindDog program. The pre-requisite for this is a letter from a doctor and payment of a fee. The training last for approximately 12 months when the dog must thereafter wear a special vest identifying it as a special assistance dog. This new tenant now has the full protection of the anti discrimination laws. Thoughts?

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