US EditionPennsylvania Man Speaks Out After Emotional Support Alligator Is Banned From Walmart
Wesley Silva had brought Jinseioshi, a 5-foot, 32-pound emotional support alligator, to Walmart for over three years before customer safety concerns led to a ban.
- Wesley Silva, a 60-year-old Pennsylvania man, had his 5-foot, 32-pound emotional support alligator Jinseioshi banned from a West Brownsville Walmart after regular visits.
- The ban followed customer concerns and Walmart's policy that only ADA-recognized service animals are allowed, citing safety as the highest priority.
- Silva received Jinseioshi from a neighbor unable to care for her four years ago and often took her on outings where reactions were mostly positive.
- Photos of Jinseioshi dressed in a harness and being pushed in a shopping cart went viral on September 5, prompting Walmart to enforce the ban for public safety.
- Silva said he will obey the ban but continue outings with Jinseioshi elsewhere, while authorities note no state permit is required to own such animals if not released into the wild.
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Pennsylvania Man Speaks Out After Emotional Support Alligator Is Banned From Walmart
Pennsylvania Emotional Support Alligator These days, seeing someone walk around a Walmart with an emotional support animal isn’t anything all that unusual. In fact, it’s a bit weird if you walk into a Walmart and don’t see some sort of animal. An emotional support alligator, however, isn’t exactly something you expect to encounter. But for one Western Pennsylvania man, taking his emotional support gator to the retail store had become the norm. T…
Man's Emotional Support Alligator Denied Entry to Walmart After a Customer Complaint. He Says They've Been Going for 'Years'
Wesley Silva, 60, and his alligator Jinseioshi were photographed on a shopping trip in the box store earlier this monthWCNC/YouTube Wesley Silva and his alligator JinseioshiNEED TO KNOWAfter photos of Wesley Silva shopping in a Pennsylvania Walmart with his emotional support alligator Jinseioshi, the alligator is no longer allowed on the store premisesSilva said that he had brought the gator on shopping trips at the store for "years" Photos of J…
What is possible with a dog must also go with an alligator: for three and a half years a man in Pennsylvania wants to have »Jinseioshi« taken with him into the Walmart. Now the chain suddenly causes him problems.
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