OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) — UPDATE:
General Rita Aragon called News 4 after the story ran and said that the board agreed to make sure the veterans can keep the service dogs.
She also said that they wouldn’t continue with the litigation.
The general added a stipulation that they can keep them as long as they don’t attend any more training sessions.
ORIGINAL:
Another veteran apart of a service dog training program at an Oklahoma-based non-profit is alleging abuse and asking the board not to remove dogs from two veterans.
“Whenever I watched the segment on Friday, I just broke down in tears,” said veteran, Allysia Scherer.
PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Non-profit threatens to take service dogs from disabled veterans
On Friday, September 27, a News 4 story published a video of the director for Honoring America Warriors (HAW) seemingly berating a veteran who said he had problems detaching his service dog’s vest. In the video, the veteran said, “You want me to bend down all the time even though I have fourteen herniated discs?”