Michael Vick was training pit bulls for fighting. On July 18th, 2007, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with competitive dogfighting. The Atlanta Falcons have gotten a lot of bad...
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Michael Vick was training pit bulls for fighting. On July 18th, 2007, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with competitive dogfighting. The Atlanta Falcons have gotten a lot of bad press since the story broke.
Michael Vick, an ex-National Football League superstar before going to jail for his role in a dogfight ring, was greeted with boos Sunday in his return to Atlanta with the Philadelphia Eagles. Once a gridiron hero for the Atlanta Falcons, Vick has played a limited reserve role as a backup quarterback for the Eagles this season after being released from federal prison for financing the canine gambling operation. Details of animal cruelty by Vick - including slaying of dogs through such... Read Full Story
It is another Vicktory story among the Michael Vick Pitbulls, who were rescued by the Best Friend’s Society (BFS). Congrats to Ray for passing his Good Canine Citizen exam and to BFS for their dedication and hard-work for rehabilitating the Vick Pitbulls. Yet another success story and proof that Pitbulls trained to dog fight can be changed and should not be killed.
Paul, Melissa, Madison, Cherry (lying down)
Cherry is another Vick Pitbull with a success story, who was rehabilitated... Read Full Story
A Bay Area pit bull advocacy group says Michael Vick has declined an invitation to visit eight of his former dogs this weekend when the Philadelphia Eagles are in town to play the Oakland Raiders. The group BAD RAP (Bay Area Doglovers Responsible About Pitbulls) told The Associated Press on Wednesday that it extended the invitation through the Eagles to Vick last week to view his former dogs that were part of the dog fighting operation at Bad Newz Kennels in southeastern Virginia. BAD RAP co... Read Full Story
Coming off his first National Football League appearance since being sent to jail for his role in a dogfight ring, Michael Vick spoke out Tuesday against dogfighting at a Washington church. Two days after making a brief return for the Philadelphia Eagles as a reserve, the one-time superstar quarterback appeared at Covenant Baptist Church in an appearance sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States. Vick called dogfighting "pointless" and said he did not know why he began funding and... Read Full Story
Coming off his first National Football League appearance since being sent to jail for his role in a dogfight ring, Michael Vick spoke out Tuesday against dogfighting at a Washington church. Two days after making a brief return for the Philadelphia Eagles as a reserve, the one-time superstar quarterback appeared at Covenant Baptist Church in an appearance sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States. Vick called dogfighting "pointless" and said he did not know why he began funding and... Read Full Story
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick advised students at his old middle school Monday to avoid the kind of bad decisions ... 14 Vote(s) Read Full Story
Michael Vick , you know the guy that electrocuted, hung and drowned dogs, while operating his Bad Newz Kennels dogfighting ring for six years, has just been signed for two years with an NFL team. Vick’s prison sentence for dogfighting ended last month.
The Philadelphia Eagles have apparently overlooked his past torture of animals and have signed the former Atlanta Falcons Pro Bowl Quarterback to a two-year deal. The first year he will get $1.6 million and the Eagles have a team... Read Full Story
Michael Vick is on an NFL practice field for the first time since serving his prison sentence. Vick ran the scout team offense in Saturday morning's walkthrough practice with the Philadelphia Eagles. He's expected to do more when the team returns to the field in the afternoon. A three-time Pro Bowl pick during six seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, Vick served 18 months in federal prison for running a dogfighting ring and was reinstated last month by the NFL after being out of action since... Read Full Story
Animal rights groups and the Philadelphia Eagles are looking at ways they can join forces to combat dogfighting. The team drew criticism after hiring convicted dogfighting ringleader Michael Vick. He wasn't in attendance at Monday's meeting. Tom Hickey of DogPAC says he believes the upshot of the meeting was that the Eagles have a responsibility to battle dog fighting because of the Vick hire. Eagles spokeswoman Pamela Browner-Crawley called the conversation a tough but constructive... Read Full Story
“A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.” Proverbs 12:10 The for quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons is signing on with the Philadelphia Eagles. The National football League suspended Vick indefinitely in August 2007 after he pleaded guilty to a federal charge of a lucrative dogfighting operation at a home he owned in Virginia. The NFL reinstated him last month and will be monitored for 6 weeks (by October) based on his progress... Read Full Story
