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

Wed Sep 7 14:28:29 UTC 2011

I think that vets do have a duty to perform surgery if it's life threatening. Emergency vets do this all the time. Sometimes they get paid, sometimes they don't.

Sounds like this one may be career ending but not life threatening.

Before I'd donate, I'd want absolute assurance the money was going where I thought it was. I'd insist it be in escro until the surgery was done.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tami Kinney
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 4:23 PM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide dog attacked; Owner needs help with needed surgery

What? Aren't they being punished enough by losing their precious pets?
Which they were allowed to keep *after* they killed a dog a year ago,
BTW.

Is it just me, or does it appear that the vet won't operate on the guide
dog in order to prevent it from being permanently crippled -- and no
doubt in lifelong pain -- *until* he's paid first? Um... And isn't it
interesting that anyone who wants to help is supposed to contact the
same veterinary clinic to donate towards their fees? Honestly! Is it
just me, or is there something wrong with *that* picture? Would rather
know how to help out the handler so he can choose a vet who won't let a
service dog suffer over money after it's attacked like that. Or am I
just being cynical?

Tami

On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 09:10 -0400, Tracy Carcione wrote:
> 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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