Dog Fighting

This dog was one of 52 pit bulls seized from Michael Vick's property. ©The HSUS

Below is very important letter from Wayne Pacelle President & CEO The Humane Society of the United States. Please take time and read it and make an action today. You always ask what YOU can do...here is one thing.

When I worked in Bosnia we had a lot of problems with dogfighting. Some veterinarians where sitting in the cars stitching dogs up after the dogfights were over. These veterinarians earned a lot of money from the criminal dogfighting owners. Once I found a dog that was still alive, half his face bitten away and most of his back. Still alive, he looked at me with tired painful eyes. Still, seven years later I can feel the pain.

One pit bull female that had so much old scares from fights was "done" as a "dog." The owner threw her out of the balcony from the eight floor.

So this problem is everywhere, and You can do something about it, please help them with your voice.

Tell the NFL to Suspend Michael Vick!
Dear Kids,
This dog was one of 52 pit bulls seized from Michael Vick's property. ©The HSUS
The outrage is unprecedented, and for good reason: Two days after a federal grand jury indicted NFL star quarterback Michael Vick and three cohorts on felony
dogfighting charges, more than 100,000 people have called on the NFL to suspend
Vick immediately.

You can add your voice today. Please urge the NFL to suspend Michael Vick immediately.
In a case that The Humane Society of the United States has assisted with since the alleged cruelties came to light in Virigina last April, the 19-page indictment describes abuses that are almost beyond belief: In or about March of 2003, PEACE [one of Vick’s co-defendants], after consulting with VICK about the losing female pit bull's
condition, executed the losing dog by wetting the dog down with water and
electrocuting the animal.
In or about April 2007, PEACE, PHILLIPS, and VICK executed approximately 8 dogs that did not perform well in "testing" sessions...by various methods, including hanging, drowning, and slamming at least one dog's body to the ground."
The NFL expressed “disappointment” and said Tuesday that “we believe that all concerned should allow the legal process to determine the facts.”
Well, that’s just not good enough. These alleged acts were not petty or harmless; they were nothing short of gruesome and barbaric. And there is precedent for a suspension: Other NFL players, such as Pacman Jones and Chris Henry, have been suspended while they awaited trial and before they were convicted.

Please contact the NFL today and urge the league to suspend Michael Vick.