Michael Vick is multi-millionaire superstar NFL quarterback who has been indicted for being a member of a dog fighting ring. What's wrong with this picture?
Now, of course, he hasn't been convicted of anything yet, but you have to wonder. If the allegations are true, what would compel him to get involved in such a barbaric enterprise? He couldn't be in it for the money. So if it's not for the money, it must be because he enjoys it. He enjoys it. This is a sport where dogs who lose or don't perform well are routinely executed. From the indictment:
In or about April 2007, PEACE, PHILLIPS, and VICK executed approximately 8 dogs that did not perform well in "testing" sessions at 1915 Moonlight Road by various methods, including hanging, drowning, and slamming at least one dog's body to the ground.
Among the evidence which was discovered in Vick's possession was something called a "rape stand." Again from the indictment: "A 'rape stand', a device in which a female dog who is too aggressive to submit to males for breeding is strapped down with her head held in place by a restraint."
What kind of person enjoys training animals to become killing machines and then executing them if they don't perform well? It's hard to fathom what kind of person fills his days with this "sporting" activity.
Senator Robert Byrd, known for his love of dogs, blasted those who take part in dog fighting. "It is a brutal, sadistic event motivated by barbarism of the worst sort and cruelty of the worst... sadistic kind. One is left wondering: Who are the real animals?... the creatures inside the ring or the creatures outside the ring?... I am confident that the hottest places in hell are reserved for the souls of sick and brutal people who hold God's creatures in such brutal and cruel contempt."
Article comments
1 - Nancy
Sounds like in justice Mr. Vick should be subjected to a few of his own treatments he's been meting out to the dogs.