The only thing squirrelly here is the condo board.
A Florida man has been served with an eviction notice over his emotional support squirrel.
Ryan Boylan, 40, of Clearwater, says he needs Brutis to deal with anxiety from a long ago car accident but Island Walk Condominiums says the squirrel needs to vacate the premises because she is putting other residents at risk.
“I am not sure how any animal that weighs less than 2 pounds can harm anyone,” he told WFTS-TV.
Boylan told the station he fell in love with Brutis after nursing her back to health after Hurricane Matthew more than a year ago. The squirrel has the run of Boylan’s apartment. One of her perches is the ceiling fan.
“There’s just no way I would give her up,” he told the station in a report Friday.
The condo board found out about Brutis in April when a dog chased the squirrel up a tree, WFLA-TV reported Friday.
Boyland was served with eviction papers last month.
The complaint says Boylan never submitted paperwork claiming Brutis was an emotional support animal until this past summer, according to the station.
Boylan says his doctor gave him a note for the squirrel in July “due to his emotional disability.”
In response to a discrimination complaint from Boylan, the Florida Office of Human Rights sent the condo board a letter saying that emotional support animals were protected under the Fair Housing Act, the station reported…
Perhaps a GoFundMe for a good lawyer will do…