Look at all of the wonderful things that law enforcement dogs do.  I am so thankful that Mr. Vick’s dogs have a chance to give something back to a society that allowed them to be abused and tortured.

I believe that Michael Vick should be held responsible financially for the costs involved in rehabilitating and caring for these dogs.  Much like child support, he brought the dogs into the world, trained and abused them and he should be financially responsible for the well-being and care.  I do not personally believe that Mr. Vick is truly sympathetic to the cause.  He’s sorry he got caught because of the embarrassment and public humiliation and the ultimate strain it will put on his checkbook.  Pay up Mr. Vick.  If these were your children, a DNA test would be done and you would be required to support them.  You bred, trained and mutilated the dogs - pay up.

Michael Vick should be put in a pit with the very dogs he trained and abused.  But first, soak him in steak juice and see what happens.  He should be sentenced to jail, along with the other people that were involved.  They all need counseling.  A financial penalty isn’t enough.  These are criminals.  No telling what else they’re involved in.  Dog fighting usually goes hand in hand with drug use and other crimes.

On Sept 7, Vick made an arranged visit to PETA’s headquarters in Norfolk, VA, for a private meeting w/ PETA president Ingrid Newkirk.  She told Vick that PETA advocates an end to all exploitation & needless violence based on prejudice, including the prejudice against other species, & that PETA believed that arming himself w/ information & materials would allow Vick to better live up to his responsibility to counsel children not to engage in cruelty to animals. She also explained that although PETA realizes it is in his legal interests to take PETA’s course in basic animal empathy, our position that he deserves jail time & a lifetime ban on animal contact remains firm. During the meeting, he expressed his willingness to learn & his belief that everything in life happens for a reason, & he offered an apology to PETA & to “everyone” for “what I have done to dogs.”  Michael Vick is a sports celebrity & role model to many young people.  Everyone, celebrity or otherwise, caught participating in this blood sport, should be prosecuted & should undergo intense therapy.  Parents animal cruelty is not normal behavior. If your child or someone else’s child is abusing animals, report it.

Fortunately for the dogs, most of them can be rehabilitated.  The real question is, can Michael Vick?  Dog fighting has become a part of certain cultures.  I have recently seen bumper stickers, similar to the deer head stickers that hunters paste on their SUV’s, of pit bulls wearing big spiked collars.  This is an evil sport.  Our society needs to be aware that where there is dog fighting, there are drugs, gambling and other criminal activities which take place.  It is a violent blood sport and those who participate have serious emotional and psychological problems.  Not to mention the fact that should a dog trained to fight to its own death escape, it could kill a child or neighborhood pet.  Report it people.  It is a crime, not a sport.