Sports Illustrated

This was an article that ran in the December 22, 2008 issue of Sports Illustrated, it continues on for another 5 'pages'.

Some of Vicks dogs have been rehabilitated, more proof that BSL's are crap. And I have been bitten by a dog that is one of the ones targeted by BSL's. I have the ER bills to prove it. It makes me want to get a pit just to prove all the sissies in the world they are wrong.

Here is the link to a photo gallery of his tortured dogs that have been fostered or adopted out to new homes. Yes, rehomed pit bulls.

And yes, I did notice that quite a few of the dogs in the gallery are females, females are fought as well, they aren't just puppy machines.



What happened to Michael Vick's dogs ...

By Jim Gorant
December 29, 2008 issue.


Since being rescued 20 months ago from the dogfighting ring financed by Michael Vick, all but a few of the abused pit bulls have been recovering in sanctuary, foster care and adoptive homes. Now even the most traumatized of them can have a happy new year.

The dog approaches the outstretched hand. Her name is Sweet Jasmine, and she is 35 pounds of twitchy curiosity with a coat the color of fried chicken, a pink nose and brown eyes. She had spent a full 20 seconds studying this five-fingered offering before advancing. Now, as she moves forward, her tail points straight down, her butt is hunched toward the ground, her head is bowed, her ears pinned back. She stands at maybe three quarters of her height.

She gets within a foot of the hand and stops. She licks her snout, a sign of nervousness, and looks up at the stranger, seeking assurance. She looks back to the hand, licks her snout again and begins to extend her neck. Her nose is six inches away from the hand, one inch, half an inch. She sniffs once. She sniffs again. At this point almost any other dog in the world would offer up a gentle lick, a sweet hello, an invitation to be scratched or petted. She's come so far. She's so close.

But Jasmine pulls away.

PETA wanted Jasmine dead. Not just Jasmine, and not just PETA. The Humane Society of the U.S., agreeing with PETA, took the position that Michael Vick's pit bulls, like all dogs saved from fight rings, were beyond rehabilitation and that trying to save them was a misappropriation of time and money. "The cruelty they've suffered is such that they can't lead what anyone who loves dogs would consider a normal life," says PETA spokesman Dan Shannon. "We feel it's better that they have their suffering ended once and for all." If you're a dog and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals suggests you be put down, you've got problems. Jasmine has problems.