[blindlaw] FW: [GDUIBusiness] CCI Petition To DOJ

[Shannon L. Dillon]

Awesome, Aaron, I was just about to do the same thing. The National
Association of Guide Dog Users, a Division of the National Federation of the
Blind, did an excellent job responding.  Here is the text of Marion
Gwizdala's email to the NAGDU list. In short, the CCI petition should not be
supported.

Dear All,

                A  petition has been recently circulated from Canine
Companions for Independence (CCI) that seems to have the support of other
service animal training programs. This petition is asking the U.S.
Department of Justice to ban the online sale of service animal gear in an
effort to stem the proliferation of the use of what the writer is calling
"fake service animal gear". The National Association of Guide dog Users Inc.
(NAGDU), A STRONG AND PROUD DIVISION OF THE National Federation of the
Blind, has written an official response to this petition. We would like to
encourage those interested in this issue to read our response and make
comments on our online blog. You can read our comment by visiting our
Wordpress blog at

 

http://harnessup.wordpress.com

 

Fraternally yours,

 

Marion Gwizdala, President

National Association of Guide Dog Users Inc.

National Federation of the Blind

(813) 626-2789 (Office)

888-NAGDU411 (Hotline

President at nagdu.org

www.nagdu.org

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aaron
Cannon
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 4:55 PM
To: Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] FW: [GDUIBusiness] CCI Petition To DOJ

Hi.

Thanks for forwarding this.

I am not willing to sign this petition, and I plan on contacting the DOJ in
opposition.  I would also encourage others to do likewise.

When I first saw this last week, I typed up a long explanation on exactly
why I believe that the proposals in the petition were a bad idea.  However,
my kids pushed the mouse off the desk, clicking a button which ended up
deleting the message before I could send it.
Perhaps they disagreed with me. :)

Anyway, I had intended to rewrite my thoughts, but instead, I'll simply
point folks to the excellent summary of the problems written up by the
president of the National Association of Guide Dog Users.

http://harnessup.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/nagdu-responds-to-petition-to-ban-
online-sale-of-service-animal-gear/


Aaron Cannon

On 8/16/13, Norman, Gary C. (CMS/OSORA) <Gary.Norman at cms.hhs.gov> wrote:
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Charles Crawford [mailto:ccrawford at RCN.com]
>>Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 10:12 AM
>>To: Blind Democracy
>>Subject: Fwd: [GDUIBusiness] CCI Petition To DOJ
>>
>>
>>>Hi Everybody,
>>
>>
>>         I am pleased to share with you a message from Guide Dog Users 
>>Incorporated President Laurie Mehta which endorses  folks signing on 
>>to  the Canine Companions for Independence effort to reduce
>>the incidents of people using fake service animals.   Thanks Laurie
>>for sharing this and I am happy to say that I signed the petition even  
>>before I saw this message.  thanks again.
>>
>>--  Charlie Crawford: GDUI Second Vice President and Chair - Advocacy 
>>Committee.
>>
>>Original message...
>>
>>>Please consider signing the CCI petition available at:
>>>www.cci.org/stopfraud
>>>
>>>The petition is to ask the US Department of Justice to take action to 
>>>stop fraudulent use of service dog ID or gear.
>>>
>>>Signers of the petition receive a letter like the one below:
>>>
>>>Thank you                    for asking the Department of Justice to
>>>investigate and stop                    the online sale of
>>>fraudulent service dog                    products.
>>>
>>>Please forward this message and urge                    your friends
>>>to add their names at www.cci.org/stopfraud
>>>
>>>With                    your help, we can raise awareness about this
>>>important issue                    and demand an end to the sale of
>>>fake service dog                    products.
>>>
>>>Thank you for all that you do.
>>>
>>>Canine                    Companions for Independence
>>>
>>>Guide Dog Users Inc. Supporting Guide Dog Teams Since 1972
>>>
>>>www.gdui.org
>>
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