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by Mike Oxlong » Wed Sep 03, 2014 8:29 am
Trainers were on saying the dogs aren't specifically taught not to bark when in pain, but that's what the unwashed masses seem to wanna find out and pressure-test.
by Yokohammer » Wed Sep 03, 2014 9:18 am
Mike Oxlong wrote:Morning wide show talking about blind people claiming idiots out and about are "testing" their seeing eye dogs to see how calm the dogs are when feeling pain.
There seems to have been some incidents of dogs being messed with on trains and other places - poked with umbrellas or kicked, and even gouged with some sort of pronged garden trowel. WTF
by Hijinx » Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:12 pm
by Samurai_Jerk » Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:24 pm
by matsuki » Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:29 pm
Samurai_Jerk wrote:It's hard to imagine a situation where I saw some jackass harassing or hurting a seeing eye dog that didn't end with me in handcuffs.
by Mike Oxlong » Wed Sep 03, 2014 5:09 pm
A male guide dog was stabbed in Saitama in late July while assisting a 61-year-old man commuting to his office in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, it has been learned.
The dog is believed to have endured the pain of the attack without making a sound, as guide dogs are trained not to bark except in such cases as their owners being in danger.
The man, who is completely blind, reported the offence to Bunan Police Station. The prefectural police are investigating the incident as a case of property destruction, which involves heavier penalties than violation of the Animal Protection Law.
According to police and other sources, the man left his home at about 11 a.m. on July 28 with his 8-year-old guide dog and took a train from JR Urawa Station to Higashi-Kawaguchi Station.
When he arrived at his workplace at 12:10 p.m., a colleague noticed that the dog, a Labrador retriever named Oscar, was bleeding from its midsection. Oscar had several stab wounds one to two centimeters deep at about five-millimeter intervals. Although he appeared to have been stabbed with a sharp tool, no holes were found in his jacket, indicating that the perpetrator may have lifted the dog’s jacket before stabbing him, according to the sources.
The police are conducting interviews and analyzing images from security cameras to confirm where the incident occurred.
“I feel guilty [toward the dog] that I didn’t notice he had been stabbed. Oscar was right beside me as if nothing had happened. That makes me [feel] even more sorry for him,” the dog’s owner said.
“I want to ask [the perpetrator] if they could do the same thing to a family member. I can never forgive them, so I reported the attack to the police,” he added.
Partly in consideration of the victim’s feelings, Bunan Police Station decided to press criminal charges for alleged property destruction, which would bring more severe penalties than violation of the Animal Protection Law.
Oscar has received treatment and is reportedly recovering from his wounds.
“Guide dogs are the hands and feet of visually impaired people, allowing them to live in society. This is tantamount to stabbing a visually impaired person himself,” said Noritoshi Sato, 43, deputy director of the Tokyo-based animal protection group Animal Green Apple.
Oscar was trained by Takao Shioya, the head of Eye Mate Inc. in Nerima Ward, Tokyo. After the incident, Shioya said: “This is a despicable attack I can never forgive. Acts like this, which prevent visually impaired people from being part of society, must not be repeated.” He also said that many supporters of the organization had expressed distress over the incident.
Moto Arima, vice president of the Japan Assistance Dogs Research Institute and an expert on welfare for the disabled, said: “I am extremely disappointed to hear that such an incident occurred as our society is gradually beginning to accept guide dogs. I am worried that this could draw public attention because the dog did not bark, and prompt someone to try stabbing dogs again.”
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001531167
by Russell » Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:07 pm
Police said Wednesday that a visually impaired high school girl suffered injuries on Monday after she was kicked from behind while walking along yellow Braille blocks near JR Kawagoe Station in Saitama Prefecture.
According to police, the girl was on her way to school just before 8 a.m. when the incident happened, Fuji TV reported. The girl told police she had exited the station and was walking to the bus stop to catch a bus to Hanawa Hokiichi Gakuen, a school for the blind and visually impaired. She said that someone in front of her hit her white walking stick. She said the person then kicked her right leg from behind, knocking her to the ground.
Police said the assailant apparently ran away without anyone seeing him and that they are looking at street surveillance camera footage to try and identify the man, Fuji reported.
Police said the girl’s injuries will take about three weeks to heal. She told police she was frightened because she couldn’t see what was happening and didn’t know what to do.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the All-Japan Council of Visually Impaired, interviewed by NHK, said there have recently been many incidents of people bumping into visually impaired people as they walk on the yellow Braille blocks, hitting them and their white sticks with shopping bags. In some cases, bicycles are left parked on the blocks.
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by Samurai_Jerk » Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:19 pm
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by matsuki » Fri Sep 12, 2014 1:10 pm
Russell wrote:I read in some other news report that another man saw this happen, and asked the guy what the hell he was doing. That also appears to occur in the video. Unfortunately, the other man did not follow it up. He is an important eye witness, and possibly able to identify this guy.
by IparryU » Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:34 pm
Takechanpoo wrote:this is the most hating part of this country for me.
typical passive aggressive sneak way not to be detected who did it while avoiding face to face straightforward way to solve problems because "wa" is a matter of prime importance for good or evil. chikan in a train is the same way in principle.
by Samurai_Jerk » Fri Sep 12, 2014 5:23 pm
by Mike Oxlong » Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:34 pm
by Russell » Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:46 pm
Mike Oxlong wrote:Seems they caught the guy...some 44-year-old psycho.
by Mike Oxlong » Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:52 pm
Russell wrote:Mike Oxlong wrote:Seems they caught the guy...some 44-year-old psycho.
The Missus saw on the telly that they cannot arrest him because he is mentally incapable to stand trial. Shouldn't a judge decide that, or is it so clear cut already?
by Yokohammer » Sat Sep 13, 2014 6:51 am
by IparryU » Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:33 am
Yokohammer wrote:If the guy ran away he knew what he'd done was wrong. That's capable enough if you ask me.
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by Samurai_Jerk » Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:41 am
IparryU wrote:Yokohammer wrote:If the guy ran away he knew what he'd done was wrong. That's capable enough if you ask me.
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Mentally incapable is a bullshit excuse that just shouldn't be on the table.
If someone is incapable of knowing right from wrong, they shouldn't be out in society. He is in his 40s, so how does he pay rent? He must work or get govt funding... So he is atleast somewhat capable of knowing right from wrong or he should have been seeing a shrink.
Let the fucker sit in jail, killing a seeing eye dog is just too low for my mercy meter.
by IparryU » Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:43 am
Samurai_Jerk wrote:IparryU wrote:Yokohammer wrote:If the guy ran away he knew what he'd done was wrong. That's capable enough if you ask me.
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Mentally incapable is a bullshit excuse that just shouldn't be on the table.
If someone is incapable of knowing right from wrong, they shouldn't be out in society. He is in his 40s, so how does he pay rent? He must work or get govt funding... So he is atleast somewhat capable of knowing right from wrong or he should have been seeing a shrink.
Let the fucker sit in jail, killing a seeing eye dog is just too low for my mercy meter.
The dog didn't die and this guy wasn't arrested for that.
by Russell » Sat Sep 13, 2014 3:55 pm
Police in Saitama Prefecture said Saturday they are questioning a 44-year-old man over an incident on Sept 8 in which a visually-impaired high school girl was kicked in the leg from behind near JR Kawagoe Station.
Police said the man, who has not been named, had agreed to be questioned on a voluntary basis after he was identified through witness accounts and street surveillance camera footage, TBS reported.
Police were quoted as saying the man is an outpatient at an institution for mentally disabled people in Saitama Prefecture and does light work there.
Police said the man has been non-committal in his answers to their questions about the incident. Police said he will be examined to determine if he is mentally responsible for his actions.
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