Position Paper #1 Draft
Alyssa Megin
The article I chose was about Emotional Support Animals (ESAs). The author goes into
detail about how lawmakers have been recently changing their minds on what animal should
qualify as an ESA animal and why it may be an issue to allow just any animal into public places
such as an airplane. The author also talks about the advocaters who believe that an ESA can be
any animal as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else. There is a reference throughout the article to
one person in particular who owns a duck as an ESA. This article does not have indications of
being biased because the author effectively does not give their own opinion, gives evidence from
both advocates and opposers on the issue, and provides the readers with the ability to take
