A verbal dispute between a woman and a group with a service dog entering a Fort Collins Natural Area that prohibits dogs was caught on video, leading to questions about city policy involving service animals.
The video posted Nov. 22 on TikTok and shows a woman telling the group that service animals are not allowed at the “park,” which was identified by Fort Collins Natural Area staff as Coyote Ridge Natural Area.
That natural area is one of several city-managed natural areas where pet dogs are not permitted.
The video shows the woman using her cellphone to video the group. A person in the group identifies it as being from the “community college” and that they are on a field trip.
The same person explains to the woman that the service dog is allowed in the classroom as a federally protected law.
The woman argues the property they are on is owned by the city of Fort Collins.
Members from the group question the woman about the federal Americans with Disabilities Act regarding service dogs not applying to the natural area and answer that by saying the federal law “trumps” state law.