Everytime Vick gets tackled food gets donated.

[Upendi&Mina]

I was quite happy when I stumbled across this bit of information. Every time Vick gets tackled Philadelphia's Main Line Animal Rescue will donate five bags of food to a local shelter in the city in which he plays. Apparently they were thinking about putting their money into billboards bashing him, but decided to help out animals instead. I think it's wonderful, let's hope he gets tackled A LOT! Your thoughts?

Link to the story:
Homeless dogs will benefit every time Michael Vick is tackled - Shutdown Corner - NFL - Yahoo! Sports

ETA: They're also running ads in the local paper encouraging people to volunteer at their local shelters on the game days. Specifically to love up on a homeless pit bull.

 

[smkie]

THat's an awesome idea. Sic em tackle em make him squeeellllll.

 

[Bailey08]

What a great idea! Good for them -- I hope they get a lot of attention.

 

[Zoom]

I think Vick is going to be rather bruised by the end of the season.

 

[Miakoda]

I personally wish the whole Vick thing would go away. To the ignorant eye, it seems to have done a lot of good, but to all of us APBT and "pit bull" owners, this constant publicity is actually having a HUGE negative impact on us and our dogs versus the other way around.

Because of this publicity, numerous innocent people have been charged with dogfighting and had all their dogs taken away and destroyed. Too bad those people were either acquitted or found not guilty.

Believe it or not, continuing to harp on the Vick situation is resulting in the spreading of BSL and an increased persecution of APBT owners and an increase in the hatred of all us "dogfighters" that own such dogs.

EDIT: I want to mention that I despise Vick and I think he's scum. But I thought that before this whole scenario as well. But the more publicity he gets, the better off he will be and the worse off I and my dogs will be. Not to mention that he owes money to a lot of people so I wish society would allow him to do his job and repay all his debtors before all us taxpayers get stuck with the bill via his impedning bankruptcy.

 

[smkie]

I must have an ignorant eye then because i want the man that did this evil to be punished, not earning a living and a good one at that. I want the hatred of dog fighting to send loud messages that as a society we will not tolerate it or the people that make it possible. I in no way associate it with the breed, i associate it with the crime. We have pitbulls in our city. WE have postive people that do postive things with pitbulls in this city. THey make the papers, they walk the plaza, they do therapy work. WE also have dog fighters in this city and they need to hear it clearly that we would if we could publicly stone them. I would gladly throw the first one. I would tackle Vick myself if i could. I want to know that people are boycotting any game he plays in. He respresents the dog fighters out there. I don't want it swept under the rug. I don't want it to be like other famous people that did something horrible and got to go on and live their lives the way they want it to be. THis is one time when the public could say and do more than the courts legally.

 

[Miakoda]

I never said anything about sweeping it under the rug.

But do you know how many of those "busts" you have read about since Vick have turned out to be purely innocent people that were ratted out by over-the-fence snitches all because they wanted to feel good about themselves and maybe do something in the name of the Vick dogs?

I do think something needs to be done. But this is not the way.

And for the record, Vick wasn't charged with actual dogfighting. He was charged with bankrolling the whole operation.

Regardless, Vick needs to be held accountable for his actions but that also includes financially. And until people start protesting the murderers and those attempted-murderers and the wife beaters and the child abusers and the rapists that are currently playing in the NFL, then all this Vick protest stuff is nothing but AR propoganda.

I'll get more specific later as I'm about to log off, but until you are an APBT owner in the APBT world, you will never see the other side...the negative side....of all this. And one does exist.

And btw way, one of those rescued Vick dogs was allowed to get loose and die after being hit by a car. Yet those owners are praised for their actions. The dog's dead but thank goodness for all those sympathy donations she was able to rake in in the meantime, eh?

 

[smkie]

BAnk rolling is is just as bad as the men that have hands on with teh dogs. OF course one exists. BUt instead of letting him move on with his life, wouldn't it be better for more owners that want to change it get out there in the public eye and prove that the bad rap is wrong? Lola is. She is in our therapy group and will be going into gradeschools INVITED to help stop dog bites and change the thinking towards pitties. I would find that much more effective then for society to say ok..he did his time..we will forget he had anything to do with it. YAy go Vick.

 

[Fran101]

I think the vicktory dogs have done an amazing thing to help the imagine of pits

 

[dubavo]

I love football... but still can't believe they let him off with minimal punishment...eagles suck... hope the browns pound them...

 

[Fran101]

Vicks an eagle, hide your beagle! lol

 

[dubavo]

Vicks an eagle, hide your beagle! lol

lol Ima put that on mi IM

 

[babymomma]

I hate how people think that people say "But he still needs to make money, so why not let him back in the NFL"

Umm, Lots of JObs available at Mcdonalds. :/

 

[Tahla9999]

Well, I agree that, since Vick, many innocent pit bull owners were prosecuted and their dogs killed even though there owners have yet to be found guilty. That is just wrong, plain wrong. No matter how you look at it. The HSUS is part of the blame. Their policy toward killing all fighting pits has been change, but after over a hundred APBTs were put to sleep. They now will evaluate the dogs to see whether or not they are ''adoptable.'' Being them, I'm don't really trust that, but hopefully they keep their word so as not to risk another outcry from the public.

That being said, I can't really say it is all negative. Spreading the word about dog fighting is a good thing, IMO. Yes, because of it, people believe a yard full of many chained pit bulls is a sign of a dog fighter, and yes, innocent people will continue to be prosecuted due to the fact that they fit the descriptions. However, if they find real dog fighting busts along the process, than I'm alright with it.

Edited to add: Example Uno. BAD RAP Blog: Bust dogs wag big thanks to Oklahoma

 

[elegy]

That being said, I can't really say it is all negative. Spreading the word about dog fighting is a good thing, IMO. Yes, because of it, people believe a yard full of many chained pit bulls is a sign of a dog fighter, and yes, innocent people will continue to be prosecuted due to the fact that they fit the descriptions. However, if they find real dog fighting busts along the process, than I'm alright with it.

except as a pit bull owner, i could be accused of dog fighting and my dogs could be seized and killed based on accusations and no proof. and by the time i'm declared innocent, my dogs are dead. i have multiple pit bulls. they wrestle in the backyard sometimes and make noise. i have a flirt pole, which is "dog fighting paraphernalia". i've got antibiotics in the house, pain medication, probably even some steroids. definitely stuff to treat wounds (bandage materials, etc). i could probably dig up some syringes and needles if i went looking.

my dogs have scars, including scars on the faces/heads/front legs typical of fighting injuries. in fact, some of those scars *are* from fighting, but not intentional matching.

i'm not a dog fighter and anybody who knows me knows that. but when the authorities come swooping down on the accused, do they take the time to get to know them?

(i realize, due to the fact that my dogs are spayed and neutered and kept indoors that i'm at very little risk. but little risk is still risk, and anybody who keeps pit bulls is at risk. anybody.)

 

[Tahla9999]

except as a pit bull owner, i could be accused of dog fighting and my dogs could be seized and killed based on accusations and no proof.

Which is one thing I hope will change about these prosecutions.


And your right, EVERY pit bull owner is at risk, some more than others. It is sad that a pit bull owner owning treadmills, breaksticks, and flirt poles can be accused for fighting dogs. One thing I wish is that finding fighting rings info should be a bit more specific.

 

[Boemy]

I hate how people think that people say "But he still needs to make money, so why not let him back in the NFL"

Umm, Lots of JObs available at Mcdonalds. :/

Amen. I wonder if the people who say that know how hard it is for most felons to find a job. You know--felons who aren't "stars."

I am all for people protesting and kicking out the wife- and girlfriend-beaters, the child abusers, and the other unsavory characters in the sports leagues, too. It doesn't have to be "animals or nothing." Frankly, I don't know how the sports team owners can bear to hold their heads up.