I ask, because I know the issue of problems with people wearing perfume and cologne in the workplace has come up from time to time, and I've never heard of an ADA side to it (seems like a similar issue).

Penny must disappear!

Penny is encouraging to live elsewhere.

Store cats are a big deal in Mass, with health inspectors looking the other way because a little cat dander beats the hell out of rodent urine and feces all over everything.

And people who are allergic haven't complained.

How thoughtful of this individual to complain on behalf of others who don't seem to be complaining themselves because, you know, there *might* be a problem if you tried really hard to find one.

I would be interested in how many law suits this person has filed.

From the linked article:

&quot Higgins) said he’s received a number of complaints about the cat from people with allergies.

St. Amour said the library has never received a complaint about Penny."

So...while the library hasn't received a single complaint (from anyone other than Higgins) about Penny, "a number" of people saw fit to complain to a chronic litigant with no official relationship to the library?

Cool story, bro...

Your pets belong at home not at the work place.

Oscar the therapy cat who predicts death comes to mind.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_%28therapy_cat%29

I can relate to that since my 16 year old cat won't leave my side when I'm sick unless one of the dogs, my wife, or one of my daughters is there to watch over me.

Our vet keeps a resident cat, but that makes sense. A local trailer and hitch shop has a rather large (and quite friendly) dog that is always there. One of the smaller grocery stores in the area has a special bottom end shelf that he sleeps on all day. Cats were common on ships and in warehouses for an obvious reason.

A library is a chewing haven for a rodent. The best thing you can have is a cat. The alternative is nasty poisons and I could see the guy complaining about those because they smell bad, or that one of the books had mouse turds on top of it.

I rarely leave the house without my service dog and usually regret it. She goes with me to grocery stores, retail stores, and even bars and restaurants (on the few occasions I get out to one now). There's a little conflict here in the ADA if service animals are protected AND people allergic to service animals are protected. I'm not quite sure how that would be reconciled.

I don't think there is a right that places be free of animals. That would counter therapy animals.

Is this guy next going to sue to have flowers ripped out in front of businesses?

Smells like an unwashed asshole to me.