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NewsJune 18, 2015

BEAVER DAM, Wis. -- Officials have changed its rules on service animals after a woman took a baby kangaroo into a McDonald's restaurant. The city's Common Council voted 14-0 Monday night to define a service animal as a dog or miniature horse. Beaver Dam police say the woman wrapped the baby kangaroo in a blanket and tucked it in an infant car seat, then took it inside a McDonald's in February. The woman has said the kangaroo is a therapy animal to help her cope with emotional distress...

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BEAVER DAM, Wis. -- Officials have changed its rules on service animals after a woman took a baby kangaroo into a McDonald's restaurant. The city's Common Council voted 14-0 Monday night to define a service animal as a dog or miniature horse. Beaver Dam police say the woman wrapped the baby kangaroo in a blanket and tucked it in an infant car seat, then took it inside a McDonald's in February. The woman has said the kangaroo is a therapy animal to help her cope with emotional distress.

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