[nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs

[Meghan Whalen]

Oh my goodness.  After I can reassemble myself from exploding, I may have to 
write something here, though Margo said all there really is to say, and I 
fear she said it much more politely than I could at the moment.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chasity Jackson" <chasityvanda at charter.net>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 6:24 PM
Subject: [nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs


> >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:
>
> <href="
> 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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