[nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs

[wcmerritt at gmail.com]

I heard stories when in training a few months ago at The seeign Eye,
of PETA people releasing dogs from their leashes so they could run
free. After reading the original post, it makes me wonder if the
person who wrote it actually did any research beforehand. There's no
mention of the "choice" that the handler has as to if they actually
want to send the dog back after retirement. Yuck.

Wayne, who's going to get some mouth wash to clean out the bad taste
in his mouth from PETA

On 1/11/09, Chasity Jackson <chasityvanda at charter.net> wrote:
> I just wrote her a nasty e-mail myself. LOL.
>
> What do you mean they've been after us for a long time? Have they been
> successful at taking guide dogs away from their handlers?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Margo and Elmo" <margo.downey at verizon.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 7:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs
>
>
>>I think she needs some emails.
>>
>> peta has been after us for a long time.
>>
>> margo and Elmo
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chasity Jackson" <chasityvanda at charter.net>
>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 7:24 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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