[nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs

[Margo and Elmo]

I don't think so, but, they have caused a lot of problems  for guide dog 
handlers in California and a few other places.

peta has been against guide dogs for a very long time.

margo and Elmo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chasity Jackson" <chasityvanda at charter.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs


>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" 
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> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 7:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs
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>>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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