[nagdu] Guide dog attacked; Owner needs help with needed surgery

Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com
Thu Sep 1 15:51:20 UTC 2011


Love how the dude's friend said he didn't know where he was going when he left her house. 
Also love how she is his self-appointed spokesperson. 


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 9:10 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide dog attacked; Owner needs help with needed surgery

Shouldn't the owner of the pit bulls be the one paying the vet bills for
the dog they attacked?
Tracy

> Guide dog attacked; Owner needs help with needed surgery
>
> http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top_stories/story/Service-dog-attacked-Owne
> r-needs-help-with-needed/xDKYZ4kBo06aa7qHw9_WuA.cspx
>
> Published: 8/31 10:55 pm
>
> Reported by: Kylie Conway
>
> Buffy, a service dog, sits with her owner in hopes raising funds for hip
> surgery SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - A service dog needs help after she
> was
> viciously attacked by two pit bulls. Buffy's owner is nearly blind and is
> now at his wits-end trying to find a way to pay for a necessary surgery to
> fix her broken hip.
>
>
>
> The attack happened last Tuesday on South Main and 1300 S where Zoran
> Maunaga attends school at the Horizonte Instruction and Training Center.
>
>
>
> "Three other people were bit trying to get the dogs apart. The dogs were
> loose and off the leash when they attacked," said Maunaga's friend Carolyn
> Howe.
>
>
>
> Maunaga came to America thirteen years ago as a Bosnian refugee. He has a
> prosthetic left eye and relies on his service dog Buffy to get around.
>
>
>
> "That always amazes me. You know, if he's at my house he knows the layout
> it's not a problem. But, when it's some place different he doesn't know
> where he's going," said Howe.
>
>
>
> A police report shows that the two pit bulls have attacked before.
>
>
>
> "But, it sounds to me that they should have been confiscated. Well, if
> they
> killed another dog last year," said Howe.
>
>
>
> Maunaga is living on disability and can't afford to pay the $970 for
> Buffy's
> emergency care plus an additional $2,500 for the surgery to fix her hip.
> The
> veterinarian told Maunaga if Buffy doesn't get the surgery soon it will
> leave her disabled.
>
>
>
> Maunaga had to turn down an expense-paid trip back home to see friends and
> family because of the attack.
>
>
>
> "His friend was taking him back to his country to see his mother to see
> his
> whole family and when this happened they told him that she couldn't go,"
> said Howe.
>
>
>
> It's been four years since Maunaga saw his mother. Now it will be longer
> as
> he fights to save his best friend.
>
>
>
> The pit bulls were found and euthanized.
>
>
>
> If you'd like to help contact Advanced Veterinary Care during normal
> business hours and explain how you'd like to help Buffy.
>
>
>
> Advanced Veterinary Care
>
> 1021 East 3300 South
>
> Salt Lake City, UT 84106
>
> 801-942-3951
>
>
>
>
>
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