[Cagdu] [Nfbsf] Press Release State Board of Guide Dogs

[Robert Stigile]

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From: "Eric Holm" <ericholm at att.net
Subject: [Nfbsf] Press Release State Board of Guide Dogs
Date sent: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:33:55 -0800



       |          Who:| Board President Jeff Neidich; Board 
Member Eric
Holm; Executive |

       |              | Officer Antonette Sorrick - State Board 
of Guide
Dogs for the   |

       |              | Blind; SFPD Sergeant William Herndon and 
Officer
John Denny,    |

       |              | Vicious and Dangerous Animals Unit; 
Theresa Duncan -
guide dog  |

       |              | handler whose dog was attacked by 
off-leash Pit
bull; Brian     |

       |              | Francis - Director of Admissions and 
Graduate
Services, Guide   |

       |              | Dogs for the Blind.
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       |         What:| State Board, SF law enforcement, guide 
dog handlers,
and guide  |

       |              | dog school personnel, discuss how the 
public, law
enforcement   |

       |              | and guide dog users should respond to dog 
attacks on
guide dogs,|

       |              | considered a crime under state law.
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       |              |
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       |              | Guide dogs are not pets but working 
partners.
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       |              |
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       |              | Guide dog owners  and the public should 
respond to
an attack by |

       |              | calling 9-1-1, rather than  Animal 
Control.
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       |         When:| Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 11 a.m.
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       |        Where:| San Francisco - Governor's office, 455 
Golden Gate
Ave, 14th    |

       |              | Floor Conference Room
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       |   Background:| >Recent brutal dog attacks on working 
guide dogs
have received  |

       |              | worldwide attention; the California State 
Board of
Guide Dogs   |

       |              | will discuss the devastating consequences 
of an
attack on a     |

       |              | guide dog.
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       |              |
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       |              | >When a guide dog is attacked, it puts 
both dog and
human in    |

       |              | immediate danger.  For the visually 
impaired relying
on the      |

       |              | services of a guide dog, sudden 
disorientation may
result in    |

       |              | life threatening injuries, as in the 
recent case in
Australia,  |

       |              | where an attack on a guide dog has left a 
blind man
in a coma.  |

       |              |
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       |              | >State law requires a law enforcement 
response to
such an       |

       |              | attack.  Police dispatchers are urged to 
accept
these calls     |

       |              | rather than referring the caller to 
Animal Control.
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