[nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs

[Chasity Jackson]

LOL. Couldn't agree with ya more! That's hilarious! LOL.
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To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs


>i value animals life alot too but im not errorant ... i think PETA stands 
>for? Please Educate The Author LOL LOL LOL
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Wheeler <awheeler at neb.rr.com>
> Sent: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 7:45 pm
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs
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> PETA's problem is they value animal life far more than they do human life. 
> So,
> this isn't, basically, a blindness thing.  It's an "We get overly hyper 
> about
> what we *INTERPRET* to be cruelty to animals...even if it isn't even close 
> to
> cruelty."
>
> I mean, come on.  PETA has gone after circuses and stuff like that for 
> ages.
> Simply ridiculous.
>
>
> In Christ,
> Alan
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chasity Jackson" <chasityvanda at charter.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 07:08
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs
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>>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
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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
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>>>
>>>> >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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