Patty Cooper has trouble getting around and needs a wheelchair. So she decided to get an 81cm miniature horse to pull her to the bus stop and for trips into town. When Cooper is not using the horse, she wants to keep it in her living room. But her landlord said no.
The landlord is worried about horse poop, hay storage and the horse having space to walk around. But Cooper feels the horse can be house-trained and said it "just makes me so happy whenever I'm around him. I'm not lonely anymore." Cooper has already filed a humans rights complaint with the Vermont Human Rights Commission.
Many disabled people use minature horses instead of guide dogs to help them get around.
"It's just like using a guide dog," said Janet Burleson, who trains guide horses. "The horse serves the same function."
But unlike dogs, guide horses normally live outside.
(STAFF WRITER, WITH AP)
不良於行的派蒂.庫柏必須靠輪椅代步，因此她決定買一頭八十一公分高的迷你馬來牽拉她往返公車站牌及進城。不用這匹馬的時候，派蒂想把牠養在自家客廳裡，不過房東並不同意。
除了馬兒排泄物和飼草儲存的問題外，房東還擔心馬兒是否有足夠的活動空間。但派蒂認為馬兒可以加以訓練，還表示：「身邊有牠陪伴，我開心極了，不再感到孤單。」派蒂已向佛蒙特人權委員會提出申訴。
許多身障人士以迷你馬取代導盲犬來引導他們行動。
專門訓練導盲犬的珍奈.柏里森說：「就跟使用導盲犬一樣，馬兒也能擔任相同任務。」
只不過，和導盲犬不同的是，導盲馬一般都養在戶外。（美聯社／翻譯：林倩如）
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