[godzillabrennus]

I am not a dog person but I know plenty of people who feel the same way. We should be doing more to support emotional support animals in general to help those afflicted. Mental health is something we as a society in America should be trying a lot of things to improve.

More dogs (especially French Bulldogs doing cute/funny things) is a good step forward.

[bentruyman]

> We should be doing more to support emotional support animals in general to help those afflicted.

Did either you or the parent commenter read the entire article or the interview at the end? Nobody is saying support animals don't help in any way.

The whole discussion is about the lack of any serious studies or evidence that animals objectively help those with mental health issues, and how exactly they help. How can you say "we should be doing more to support" something without knowing if that thing is actually helping? This is the point of the article.

[bucketsjimbo]

It paints it in a very negative light. Does not mention a single positive anecdote

Only says we don't know so they could be doing harm!

[cholantesh]

Why would they bother including positive anecdota? They wouldn't strengthen the scientific case in the least.