[NAGDU] European Guide Dogs Federation petition

[Bryan Gearry]

as a traveler from Alaska to Europe every year, I did comment and 
support this petition. Thanks for making all of us "across the pond" 
aware of the issues.


On 3/21/2017 6:38 AM, Lisa via NAGDU wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
>
> yes, I  know this is an American list. But I thought maybe there are 
> people on here who are interested in guide dogs in Europe and would 
> like to support the EGDF's project. So, here's an e-mail from the 
> European Guide Dog Federation asking for help:
>
>
> European Guide Dog Federation newsletter
> European Guide Dog Federation News
> View this email in your browser (
> http://us8.campaign-archive1.com/?u=59c643ddcfe1d24aed667dc00&id=62b55d4110&e=209c54a58c) 
>
>
>
> ** Sign Our European Parliament Petition for Better Laws for 
> Guide/Assistance Dogs
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Just 5 minutes will make a difference
>
>
>
> **
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> **
> We have been surprised and dismayed to see that people working in the 
> European Parliament and the European Commission have no idea of the 
> constant problems
> faced by disabled people with assistance dogs.
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> In Brussels, where European laws are made, taxi drivers often refuse 
> to take a guide dog and sometimes the police support the taxi driver 
> rather than the
> disabled person.  Hotels try to charge extra for an assistance dog; 
> restaurants refuse service to a guide dog owner.  And it can be much 
> worse in countries
> that do not have a culture of accepting dogs or where guide dogs are 
> extremely rare.
>
> Eurocrats seem to believe that when the United Nations Convention on 
> the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was ratified, the problem was 
> solved.  But
> we know that every day in every country assistance dog owners are 
> inconvenienced and even humiliated by being refused goods and services 
> by people who
> do not know or do not apply the convention.
>
> By signing our petition you support the need for a European law to 
> guarantee that assistance dog users have full access rights to all 
> public areas and
> facilities.
>
> Please note that you do not have to be European to sign the petition; 
> it asks for your nationality and every nationality in the world is 
> included in the
> drop-down list.  We would be grateful if you take the time to support 
> this petition wherever you are in the world.
>
> How to sign the petition:
> 1. Follow thislink: (
> http://EGDFed.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=59c643ddcfe1d24aed667dc00&id=2e9259771e&e=209c54a58c 
>
>  ) and complete the form.
> 2. You will be sent an email saying that the account is created; click 
> on the link to log in.
> 3.  Click on "Support a petition".
> 4.  Search on our petition number "1140/2015".  A summary of the 
> petition is at the bottom of the screen.
> 5.  Click on "View" and then  "Support" and the job is done.
>
> Today there are 201 signatures.  If each of you signs it, we can see 
> the number climb to over 1000, which would make it one of the 
> fastest-growing petitions
> in the European Parliament.  If you spread the word in your 
> organisation and every guide dog trainer and user in Europe makes the 
> effort to sign, we could
> achieve an amazing 15,000 signatures.
>
> Why not do it now and watch the number grow?
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Executive Director
> European Guide Dog Federation
>
>
> ============================================================
> Copyright © 2017 European Guide Dog Federation, All rights reserved.
>
>
> This email was sent to
> lisa.93 at gmx.de
>  (mailto:lisa.93 at gmx.de)
> why did I get this? (
> http://EGDFed.us8.list-manage1.com/about?u=59c643ddcfe1d24aed667dc00&id=8fe7c71c23&e=209c54a58c&c=62b55d4110) 
>
>     unsubscribe from this list (
> http://EGDFed.us8.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=59c643ddcfe1d24aed667dc00&id=8fe7c71c23&e=209c54a58c&c=62b55d4110) 
>
>     update subscription preferences (
> http://EGDFed.us8.list-manage.com/profile?u=59c643ddcfe1d24aed667dc00&id=8fe7c71c23&e=209c54a58c) 
>
> European Guide Dog Federation . Marston Grange . Shuckburgh Road . 
> Priors Marston, Warwickshire CV47 7RS . United Kingdom
>
> Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp
> http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monkey_rewards&aid=59c643ddcfe1d24aed667dc00&afl=1 
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> NAGDU mailing list
> NAGDU at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> NAGDU:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/bgearry%40alaskafrontier.net 
>

-- 
WWW.Alaskafrontier.net