[nagdu] Guide dog Attacked near syracuse

[Marion Gwizdala]

Margo,
    Thank you for posting this! You did a great job with the reporter! Great 
article. Keep up the awesome work and keep us abreast of the developments!

Fraternally yours,
Marion



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Margo and Arrow" <margo.downey at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:03 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Guide dog Attacked near syracuse


> Hello, everyone.
>
> A fidelco guide dog was attacked by a German shepherd last Saturday in 
> liverpool, new York.  As president of the New York Association of Guide 
> Dog Users, I have been working with the handler to get this resolved.  her 
> dog was not badly injured and was shaken up but seems to be working all 
> right and doing quite well.  fidelco is working with christ and Extra. 
> Lucy cox, a member of our division and also vice president of the Syracuse 
> chapter, is working alongside us as well.  Below is a newspaper article in 
> today's Syracuse paper.  it's quite accurate.  I wish the reporter had 
> added things that I said to what she said I said but it's quite accurate. 
> I wish I had quoted the price of raising and training a guide dog as a lot 
> higher, but, oh, well.
>
> Oh, another  thing.  the copy of the service animal attack law that was 
> delivered to the Liverpool Police Department and to the town of Salina dog 
> Warden was the wrong one and that law is referred to in the article, but, 
> the correct version--the more recent law--has been delivered which is a 
> lot stronger than just ticketing the owner.
>
> http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/blind_liverpool_woman_may_lose.html
>
> Margo and Arrow
>
> so, here's the link to the article:
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