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'Unqualified' assistance animals causing distress, handlers say

1 source1 article First seen 7 hours ago Updated 7 hours ago Australia Truth score 45

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Summary

WA navy veteran Gary Crombie says he has seen multiple "service animals" behaving poorly in public and distracting his own assistance dog.

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Who is covering this

ABC News (Australia) Center Factuality: Very high AU 7 hours ago
'Unqualified' assistance animals causing distress, handlers say
WA navy veteran Gary Crombie says he has seen multiple "service animals" behaving poorly in public and distracting his own assistance dog.

Truth score

45/100Limited corroboration

Independent outlets: 1
Source reliability: 86/100
Sides of the spectrum covering it: 1/3
Propaganda risk: 0/100

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Coverage by lean

C 100%

Left: 0
Centre: 1
Right: 0
Not rated: 0

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Source quality

Average reliability: 86/100 (Very high)
Low-credibility outlets: 0%
State media: 0%
Opinion pieces: 0%

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Where the coverage comes from

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