[il-talk] peta

[Edwin Rodriguez]

In a wourld with 24 7 news media,
oppinions like these get reported easily.
I wish organizations like PETA would care about the situation that children 
find themselves in that are subjected to conditions that are unacceptable in 
this country.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Gillmore" <don.gillmore at gmail.com>
To: "il-talk" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:13 PM
Subject: [il-talk] peta


> (from the barking moonbat file.)
>>From an interview with Daphna Nachminovitch, Vice-President of Cruelty
>> Investigations for PETA, in the Los Angeles Times blog L.A. Unleashed
>> (posted 1/10/09):
> [NACHMINOVITCH:] There will never be a perfect world, but in the world
>> we're in now, we support some working dog situations and decry others.
>> Hearing dog programs that pull dogs from animal shelters and ensure that
>> they are in safe and loving homes have our stamp of approval; they live
>> with the family for their entire life, they learn interesting things,
>> enjoy life, and love helping. On the other hand, we oppose most
>> seeing-eye-dog programs because the dogs are bred as if there are no
>> equally intelligent dogs literally dying for homes in shelters, they are
>> kept in harnesses almost 24/7, people are prohibited from petting or
>> playing with them and they cannot romp and run and interact with other
>> dogs; and their lives are repeatedly disrupted (they are trained for
>> months in one home and bond, then sent to a second, and after years of
>> bonding with the person they have "served," they are whisked away again
>> because they are old and no longer "useful"). We have a member who is
>> blind who actually moved states to avoid "returning" her beloved dog. We
>> feel that the human community should do more to support blind people,
>> and give dogs a break. A deaf person can see if a dog has a medical
>> issue such as blood in her urine, a blind person living alone cannot,
>> and so on.
> Read the whole article (with the option to leave a comment) here:
> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2009/01/when-we-first-r.html
>
> You can e-mail Daphna Nachminovitch at
>> DaphnaN at peta.org
>> , or call her at
>> 757-622-7382, extension 1338.
>
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