[nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs

[helene ryles]

I am all for Animal rights and I do understand that some people from
the animal rights movement are against working animals. I can only
hope if they get to meet me and Jilli they might change their mind.
However their IS a lot of animal cruelty going on.

I can't comment about working dogs in USA since I don't live there.
However I have heard of guide dog owners not letting their dogs off
the leases for a bit of play time. In England some guide dog owners do
this, some don't. But it's not something that's enforced very much. I
think it should be.

Jilli is just about to retire. Strangely enough when I told some of my
vegan friends about it they thought I would 'need' another dog and
actively encouraged me to get one. So it seems they believe in another
myth that blind need dogs to take care of them. That I won't be able
to manage without a dog. Sigh.

My dad wants to keep Jilli after she's retired and also believes in
that Myth.  However I really want to keep her with me.

When Jilli retires I'm not going for another dog until Jilli leaves
this earth. I'm going to use a long cane instead. At least while Jilli
is alive.

Helene.

On 12/01/2009, Margo and Elmo <margo.downey at verizon.net> wrote:
> merry, that was a good email to Ms. Daphne.
>
> margo and Elmo
> ----- 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 8:01 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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