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Are emotional support animals prosthetics or pets? Body-like rights to emotional support animals
- Correspondence to Sara Kolmes, Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA; sk1719{at}georgetown.edu
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Are emotional support animals prosthetics or pets? Body-like rights to emotional support animals
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- Received March 10, 2020
- Revised May 4, 2020
- Accepted May 24, 2020
- First published July 3, 2020.
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January 18, 2022
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