[nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs

Tue Jan 13 20:00:16 UTC 2009

Hi Cari,
That's a great idea about contacting Channel 4 in LA.  I'm not local, but in 
addition to the fact that our dogs don't come from a shelter for good 
reason, I'd add WHY we don't like people to pet or interact with our dogs 
when they are working.

Since the PETA in LA seems to have been involved in giving grief to the 
guide dog using community there, contacting the media there would be a great 
project for the LA chapter of NFB.

Here in San Diego, we don't have any real problem with PETA.  I've seen them 
at our street fairs and they've seen me with my guide dog and the people at 
the booth seem like reasonable people.  I think that PETA has worked on good 
things like eradicating puppy mills and cruel farming methods for cattle and 
chickens.  They do seem to have a wacko branch in their group that they 
really need to address internally if they want to be taken seriously.  Here 
we have wacko envirnmentalist groups who burn down condo complexes being 
built like they did in La Jolla a few years ago - I think they're called 
ALF.

I'm a volunteer at the San Diego Humane Society and on their application, 
they have questions about our feelings on euthanesia.  The Society does not 
euthanize unless it is absolutely necessary.  They try to weed out the PETA 
types who try to infiltrate the group of volunteers to pull crap.  I haven't 
heard of any PETA succeses in doing that.

Good luck!

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <countrygrl290 at aol.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] PETA opposes the use of guide dogs

> ok who wants to join me in contacting channel 4 news a local LA channel 
> and? telling them they can interview us and learn whey it is so important? 
> dogs dont come from shelters?
> IM DEAD SERIOUS
> cari and Denver
>
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> -----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: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 5:01 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" 
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> 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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