[nagdu] PETA Presentation at Convention

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Marion and listers,

    Last year NAGDU did something that got lots of attention among NFB 
members around the country. One of the presenters at the annual NAGDU 
Seminar was a Muslem Clarric to address issues concerning guide dog use and 
the Islamic Faith. Given the problems guide dog users have encountered with 
PETA members and their uninformed views of guide dogs and their use would it 
not be appropriate to extend an invitation to them to speak during this 
years NAGDU seminar to hopefully urge them to change these views and to work 
with us to put an end to the harassment experienced by some guide dog users 
when encountering PETA Members? This is a long-shot I know but like Muslems 
shouldn't PETA be given a chance to come clean with us and hopefully be 
better informed about the role of guide dogs in our lives? I recall that an 
animal rights person was once at a NAGDU meeting long ago. She was deasent 
to our members and I don't recall any attempts by her or the group she 
represented to harass guide dog users atending that national convention. 
Anyway this was a thought and an idea.

Peter Donahue