[nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs

[Margo and Elmo]

wayne, of course she didn't do much if any research.  This stuff has been 
circulated by peta forever, well, it seems like forever.

margo and Elmo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs


>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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