[il-talk] peta

[Connie J. Davis]

Amen to that one, Edwin.
Connie 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Edwin Rodriguez 
  To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:04 AM
  Subject: Re: [il-talk] peta


  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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