[nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The Olympian, September 24 2009

Fri Oct 2 01:32:18 UTC 2009

Hi,
I'll take a tiger, or any other big cat!
Thanks
Lauren
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Olympian,September 24 2009


> How about a tiger?  Or skunk?  Or man eating ant?
>
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> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Kaye Kipp
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> September 24 2009
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> Anybody for guide mice?  Oh, but they'd have to come in threes wouldn't 
> they?
>
> Kaye
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> Olympian,September 24 2009
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>>I agree.
>>
>> Paul use to know a gal  in college who had a tarantula and I guess she
>> would let it crawl around in her hair.
>>
>> I would take a snake any day!
>>
>>
>> Gloria Whipple
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>> On Behalf Of Jedi
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:40 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The
>> Olympian, September 24 2009
>>
>> Well, personally, I had no problem with the snake. I don't know the
>> science behind it, but if the snake helps him and is out of the way,
>> so be it. I rather like snakes, so perhaps I'm prejudiced in a
>> positive direction.
>>
>> Respectfully,
>> Jedi
>>
>>
>> Original message:
>>> Gad!  What next?  I hope they _do limit service animals to dogs.
>>> That's enough!
>>
>>> Alco
>>
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>>> From: Nightingale, Noel <Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:32 AM
>>> To: 'nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org' <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: [nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The Olympian,
>>> September 24 2009
>>
>>> And a slippery slope about which some of us have cautioned is
>>> represented by this article
>>
>>
>>> Link:
>>> http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/980930.html
>>
>>> Text:
>>> A warm embrace from a slithery pal
>>> Service: Shelton man gets a hug from his boa constrictor to warn him
>>> when a seizure is coming CHRISTIAN HILL; The Olympian Published
>>> September 24, 2009
>>
>>> SHELTON - Most people would panic if a 4-foot boa constrictor draped
>>> around their neck gave them a squeeze.
>>
>>> Daniel Greene, 46, credits the snake's embrace for helping him live a
>>> fuller life. So much so, in fact, that he has vowed to fight a tabled
>>> proposal by the federal government that would prevent him and many
>>> others from taking what they consider their service animals into
>>> stores and restaurants.
>>
>>> He said use of his reptilian aide gives him greater confidence when
>>> he leaves home.
>>
>>> "I was walking around playing Russian roulette a lot of the time," he
>>> said of the period before he began using the snake, named Redrock, as
>>> a service animal.
>>
>>> Greene, who lives outside Shelton, suffers from epilepsy, a
>>> neurological disorder characterized by unprovoked and reoccurring
>>> seizures. He said the snake, its reddish-brown body draped around him
>>> like a necktie when he's out in public, senses when a seizure is
>>> imminent and gives him a light squeeze. The warning gives him enough
>>> time to take medication to head off the attack, alert someone it's
>>> coming or move to an area where the thrashing is not disruptive.
>>
>>> Greene blacks out during these episodes, but his wife, Karen, said
>>> the snake's warning has headed off about a half-dozen seizures in
>>> Redrock's five months with Greene. This month, Greene has had four
>>> seizures at night - she refuses to let the boa constrictor share
>>> their bed - but none during the day
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