[nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs

[Margo and Elmo]

Hey, if anyone else writes, I forgot to mention a lot of blind people keep 
their retired guides.

Margoa nd Elmo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Meghan Whalen" <meghan at n-republic.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs


> 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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