[nagdu] PETA Presentation at Convention

Peter Donahue pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net
Sat Feb 20 04:19:22 UTC 2010


Hello Linda and listers,

    But let's be sure it's PETA Members gone a muck and not members of some 
other animal rights organization such as ELF.

Peter Donahue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] PETA Presentation at Convention


Hi Peter,
I think this is a good idea.  There are "reasonable" PETA members - it's
their loose cannons that are the problem.  I met some PETA members who had a
booth at our street fair last year and they didn't seem to think ill of my
having Landon as a guide.

If I see them there again this year (in May) I'll talk to them about this
problem with some PETA members and how they are harming us and our dogs by
their actions.  And they are hurting PETA's reputation as well.  This is an
issue for them to deal with internally as an organization - or pay the
consequenses if they don't address this.

WE definately need to address our issues to  PETA's national leadership from
our NFB and NAGDU organizations. It is always good to open dialog with other
people and groups when we can.

Regards,

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:38 AM
Subject: [nagdu] PETA Presentation at Convention


>
> 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
>
>
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