[BCMA] Emotional Support Animal policy

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv]

Personally, I have a problem with dog owners, not the dogs themselves.
Service and Guide Dogs are well trained and used to keeping to themselves
around the general public. ESA dogs? Not necessarily so. I too, would be in
a quandary but inclined to say, "No", unless the animal could be carried
throughout the visit. This is a good topic for our next board meeting.
Appreciate the heads up.

Linda Hanson,
Manager, Telkwa Museum Society

On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 3:36 PM Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <
listserv at lists.museum.bc.ca> wrote:

> Hello,
> I was wondering if anyone has a policy or framework around Emotional
> Support Animals they could share? We already allow service and guide dogs
> but are looking if we can reasonably expand to include ESAs to make our
> space more accessible, as it has been requested several times in the past.
>
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