[nagdu] statistics on service animals

[Angie Matney]

Hi Liz,

Ed and Toni Eames published an article in 1995 that estimated that there were 9,000 assistance-dog teams in the US. Even though this is an older article, you might find it interesting. Here's a link to the pdf version:

www.dsq-sds-archives.org/_articles_pdf/2001/Summer/dsq_2001_Summer_06.pdf 


If you go to google and type the following, with quotes, the article will be the first search result:

"disability studies quarterly" "assistance dog"

You can then click on "view as html" to read it, if you can't deal with the pdf directly.

If you find any other stats, I hope you will share them. I'm always interested in this type of thing.

HTH,

Angie


On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:46:34 -0600, Elizabeth Campbell wrote:

>Hello all,

>Does anyone know if there are statistics out there on how many people wiht disabilities use service dogs and on how many use other types of service animals such as miniature horses or monkeys?
>I'm doing a story where such information would be very helpful.
>I told our editors that it may be difficult to come up with good figures since there is no agency to certify or register service animals.

>Any help is grately appreciated.

>Liz

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