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Service Animal
(redirected from Helper Animal)

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ser·vice animal (sûrvs)
n.
An animal, such as a dog, that has been specially trained to assist a disabled person with certain daily tasks.

Service Animal
An animal—most commonly dogs, far less commonly capuchin monkeys and miniature horses—which is trained to care for a person with disabilities, especially those with visual impairment, but also those with ambulatory disabilities who are in wheelchairs


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Guide dogs and other trained helper animals may ride any of AVTA's 66 intracity and commuter buses, Dial-A-Ride vans and service vans, which are all equipped with wheelchair lifts.
 
 
 
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