[nagdu] Fw: Guide dog of NYC advocate for the blind dies at 13

[Ed Meskys]

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Guide dog of NYC advocate for the blind dies at 13



May 20, 2010 Associated Press


NEW YORK—A guide dog shown on television leading its owner around New York City as he fought for rights for blind people and for access to restaurants, shops and taxicabs has died. Ruger died Wednesday of old age on a farm in Warwick, in upstate New York. The yellow Labrador was 13. Ruger worked for nine years as a guide dog for Kevin Coughlin (KAHG'-lin) after he went blind from a rare genetic condition. The dog was retired in 2008. Coughlin says he hadn't visited with the dog since but kept in touch with its new owners. The "CBS Evening News" followed Coughlin with a hidden camera and recorded business owners and taxi drivers giving him a hard time because of his dog. Coughlin filed complaints with the city's Commission on Human Rights and Taxi & Limousine Commission.



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