Hong Kong volunteer hopes to train more guide dogs for city’s visually impaired
Spirit of Hong Kong Awards nominee Raymond Cheung’s charity provides free Seeing Eye dog services for those who need them
Bruno, a two-year-old Labrador retriever, already has his career path mapped out. He will be following in the “pawsteps” of his parents, who are both guide dogs for the blind.
The young canine is one of dozens trained or being trained by charity Hong Kong Seeing Eye Dog Services to lead blind and visually impaired people.
Raymond Cheung Wai-man, who set up the organisation in 2012, said the guide dog development and training services were provided free of charge for the visually impaired.
He noted that the city would need 1,700 guide dogs if just 1 per cent of the 170,000 visually impaired people in Hong Kong wanted one.
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The organisation is recruiting more volunteers to house puppies chosen for guide dog training.