Definitely not Dog's Best Friend

Since he has pleaded guilty I will make a comment on this horrible story. One can tell I have a warm place in my heart for man’s best friend (just look at the blog title) so it show comes as no surprise I find this extremely disgraceful behavior.

On Monday, Vick's attorney Billy Martin announced that the quarterback will plead guilty to federal dogfighting conspiracy charges. Conditions of the terms are unknown, but Vick faces up to five years in prison.

The most damning evidence made public against Vick came Friday when co-defendants Purnell Peace and Quanis Phillips also pleaded guilty. In their plea, Peace and Phillips admitted to killing eight dogs in April at Vick's property in Virginia and said that Vick participated in the death of the animals. The animals were destroyed because they failed to perform well enough in testing to see if they were "game" enough to be good fighters.

"Every time you read about this story, it makes you want to take a shower," another unnamed general manager said.

PETA has really been all over this (and rightly so) but it isn’t surprising that the comments like this have come out.

If Michael Vick is going to jail then anyone who has a hunting license should go as well. The media is persecuting him so badly for this but look at how many animals die each year and nobody says anything about it. Look at the large mount of wildlife that dies each year for no reason; the endangered animals list grows every year. It does not matter whether the wildlife dies a quick death,or a torturous one, as depicted in the charges. The bottom line is that innocent animals die each and every year, but why does Michael Vick go to jail for it while every hunter and poacher gets away with it?

The first thing I will say is, if a poacher is caught then they face criminal charges. Secondly, there is a difference between a quick death and a torturous one. I, for one, would prefer one second of pain before I die compared to hours or even days. Thirdly, if wildlife population gets too large then they end up die in other ways then a hunter. With a larger source of food, the population of natural predator will also increase until they have thinned out the herds. Following a decrease in food source, the predators look for substitutes to avoid starvation. So whether man hunters them or not, “innocent wildlife” will die each and every year. My last point, much to my disgust, Michael Vick is not really going away for killing dogs, he is going away for running an illegal gambling ring.