There are many instances where a support animal is needed generally but is not specifically needed 24 hours a day 7 days a week. In other words, having your cat with you does not necessarily help you deal with the anxiety-inducing ordeal that is public transit.
If it actually IS necessary - i.e. if you're the sort of person whose anxiety disorder is so overwhelming that you can't leave the house without being overcome - and if you're further a part of what I assume is the rare subset of such people that having a cat or dog next to you makes all the difference to allow you to do so - sure. But if we're licensing people to have support animals or guide dogs (as BC is according to that story), surely we can make that assessment on a case by case basis.
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