[nagdu] Pennsylvania - Local Advocates Push For Expanded ServiceDog Protection

[Marion Gwizdala]

Passel,
    Now we need to get Toni and you to organize a Pennsylvania division of 
NAGDU!

Fraternally yours,
Marion



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Passle Helminski" <passle at roadrunner.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Pennsylvania - Local Advocates Push For Expanded 
ServiceDog Protection


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>>Thanks, Marion.  Leslie and Jennifer are friends of mine and are also 
>>working very hard to get this bill passed.  Once again I would like to 
>>thank you for your letter of support.
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> Sincerely,
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> Passle and Tomboy Kate
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>>Dear All,
>>    FYI, one of our members, Passel Helminski, has been working very hard 
>> on this legislation and NAGDU has written a letter of support to the 
>> legislature concerning this bill.
>>
>>Fraternally yours,
>>Marion Gwizdala, President
>>National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>National Federation of the Blind
>>813-598-7161
>>President at NFB-NAGDU.ORG
>>HTTP://NFB-NAGDU.ORG
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>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Ginger Kutsch" 
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>>To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
>><nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 8:08 AM
>>Subject: [nagdu] Pennsylvania - Local Advocates Push For Expanded Service 
>>Dog Protection
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>>>Local Advocates Push For Expanded Service Dog Protection
>>>Posted: 9:17 pm EDT June 10, 2010
>>>Source:
>>>http://www.wjactv.com/news/23864751/detail.html
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>>>HUNTINGDON, Pa. -- One woman in Huntingdon County is pushing
>>>state lawmakers to enact legislation that would hold owners of
>>>dogs that attack service animals financially responsible.
>>>
>>>Jennifer Warsing told WJAC-TV that her service dog Hattie was
>>>attacked by a neighbors dog in Huntingdon in February 2008.
>>>
>>>Despite protecting the chocolate lab from serious physical
>>>injury, Warsing said it took months of training for Hattie to
>>>overcome emotional trauma from the attack.
>>>
>>>A formal complaint was filed against the dog's owner, but a judge
>>>later dropped the case.
>>>
>>>Warsing said she'd be lost if something ever happened to Hattie.
>>>
>>>"I would be immediately thrust back into a world of silence and
>>>not know when my phone was ringing; sleepless nights or worrying
>>>about the smoke detectors going off," said Warsing. "They deserve
>>>to be protected against injury, against attack and interference
>>>while they're working. They're irreplaceable."
>>>
>>>Leslie Kelly works as a deaf and hard of hearing specialist with
>>>the Center for Independent Living of South Central Pennsylvania
>>>and said she worries about the gap of protection for her own
>>>service dog.
>>>
>>>"We all love animals and we don't want to see any animal get
>>>injured, but for those of us that have service dogs, it's not as
>>>easy," said Kelly. "If it dies, you're talking another 3-4 years
>>>until they can find a dog to match you and train it again."
>>>
>>>House Bill 123 was recently amended to include expanded
>>>restitution to cover lost wages and training if a service dog is
>>>maimed or killed in an attack.
>>>
>>>The proposed legislation was included in last week's house of
>>>representatives schedule, but there has not been a vote.
>>>
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