Michael Vick – Pit Bulls and the NFL
Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was convicted of financing a dog fighting ring at his home in Atlanta in 2007. In 2001 Vick and three friends started the “Bad Newz Kennels”, shortly after Vick, the number one draft pick, signed with the Falcons. There were 51 pit bulls taken from the property.
In most states, pit bulls seized from dog fighting rings are euthanized because they are too dangerous to be adopted as pets. All the dogs taken from Bad Newz Kennels were traumatized, mistreated, neglected and abused. There were also dead dogs on the property. A judge decided to spare these dogs immediate death and allowed for them to be placed in different facilities for evaluation. Of the 51 dogs taken from Vick’s kennel, 2 died while at a shelter, 1 was put down because it was to violent and one was too sick and injured and was euthanized. Many experts feel that fighting dogs can never be safely made into family pets, but the people working with
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