[nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs

[sarah baebler]

This Blind member who had to move states to avoid returning her dog?  What school does that?  Not any I'm familiar with...  If anyone knows I am curious.
Sarah and Dante

> From: chasityvanda at charter.net
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:08:42 -0600
> 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" 
> <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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