Takayanagi Tomoko, Yamamoto Mariko
Japan Service Dog Association, Kanagawa, Japan.
Department of Animal Sciences, Teikyo University of Science, Yamanashi, Japan.
Front Vet Sci. 2019 Jun 21;6:198. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00198. eCollection 2019.
Japan learnt how to promote assistance dogs effectively by deliberating the issues and challenges that surrounded assistance dogs in the USA and Europe and the Act on Assistance Dogs for Physically Disabled Persons was issued in 2002. The aim of this paper is to provide information that may be useful for countries and areas that are seeking ways to regulate assistance dogs, especially in the context of the global problem in which dogs are falsely claimed to assist their partners. First, there is a description of the process through which Japan, where pet dogs have not been accepted in society, established the Act, which overcame the shortcomings of the previous situation. Second, it is shown the ways in which people living with assistance dogs have gained the right to have their dogs accompany them in public. Third, the current challenges faced by people with assistance dogs are documented. Finally, pictures of an example of an assistance dog certificate and of an assistance dog sign reveal how far the regulation of assistance dogs is achieved in Japan.
日本通过研究美国和欧洲辅助犬所面临的问题与挑战，学会了如何有效地推广辅助犬，并于2002年颁布了《身体障碍者辅助犬法》。本文旨在提供信息，这些信息可能对正在寻求辅助犬管理办法的国家和地区有用，特别是在存在虚假声称犬只辅助其主人这一全球问题的背景下。首先，描述了在社会上宠物犬未被接受的日本制定该法案的过程，该法案克服了先前情况的缺点。其次，展示了辅助犬使用者在公共场所让犬只陪伴的权利是如何获得的。第三，记录了辅助犬使用者目前面临的挑战。最后，一张辅助犬证书示例和一个辅助犬标志的图片揭示了日本在辅助犬管理方面取得了多大的成就。
