Michael Vick Tests Positive for Marijuana

After the water bottle incident, does this headline really deserve to fall under the category of breaking news?

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it`s a cultural thing

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Big freaking deal .Should be LEGAL anyways.

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How self-absorbed can this man be? Vick is lowering his self esteem and losing more and more respect, from an already low ebb, as time reveals more and more about him. How sad.

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The last person that was perfect they hung on a cross

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Printed with permission by Dog Living Magazine (article on stands now)

Fighting the dog fighters

By Carole Raphaelle Davis

Mike Vick and his thug friends are in a bloody mess. Sick Vick has admitted his guilt to the Feds and will now face state charges as well. Sadly, football fans will have inadvertently paid Vick to perform atrocities on dogs. Because Vick participated in the fighting, bludgeoning, hanging, drowning, shooting, slamming to the ground, and electrocuting of dogs, it would mean that every ticket sold to an Atlanta Falcons game helped finance a despicable business, Vick's Bad Newz Kennels, where dogs were raped, bred, tortured and murdered. It means that every kid who looked up to Mike Vick as a hero and bought a shirt with Vick's name on it will toss that shirt in the garbage and wonder why a guy with a hundred and thirty million dollar contract would be depraved enough to want to make even more money off of dogs suffering a slow and agonizing death.



Under pressure from outraged animal rights activist around the world, the Atlanta Falcons management and the NFL have forced Vick off the field this season and maybe forever. Nike, the athletic apparel giant, has suspended the release of the Mike Vick shoe. There's nowhere to run other than in a prison yard in that shoe.

Long before this story saturated the media, Chris DeRose was hard at work trying to put a stop to the barbarity of dog fighting. He is the founder and president of Last Chance for Animals (www.LCAnimal.org), a national, non profit animal rights organization based in Los Angeles. DeRose, a Hollywood actor and ex New Jersey cop, is known as the Ghandi or Martin Luther King of the animal welfare movement because of his mission to abolish cruelty to animals through non violent, direct action. His accomplishments in exposing and prosecuting cruelty to animals have won him the respect of law enforcement, legislators and animal lovers around the world.

DeRose is conducting investigations all over the country-placing his undercover special investigative units deep in rural areas, infiltrating the secret underground dog fighting community. The years of hard work and determination to put an end to this brutality has finally garnered a big case-the Mike Vick case.

DeRose agreed to do an interview with Dog Living Magazine in an effort to stir up activism in the public. It is the vigilance of ordinary dog lovers that is vital to the authorities to crack down on this brutal sport. Every person engaged in this criminal activity is someone's neighbor, friend or relative. It's up to us to help the animals and demand that the authorities take action. These poor dogs have no voice but ours.

"The Feds have stuff that can really nail Mike Vick," says Chris. "What a lot of people don't know about is the ‘bait dogs.' These are people's pets. These dogs are stolen and they are used for that reason and they're sold to these people. They (the criminals who steal the pets) get twenty, thirty or forty dollars a dog. Fifty dollars is nothing to Mike Vick and the other garbage bags who are doing this. The bait dogs are all stolen pets-there's no doubt about that. Shepherds, Collies, little dogs...some of them are ten, twelve years old. Some of them are puppies and they're given to the fighting dogs to rip them apart-to give them the feeling of victory-to train them to fight. We found out that in training pit puppies to fight, they'll take a kitten and hang it in a bag and they'll have the dogs try to reach for it. They'll pull the claws out of the kitten first so it doesn't scratch the young pup and deter it from being aggressive. It's a progression. Eventually, they'll do the same thing with a cat. They'll throw the cat in there and let it mutilate the cat and kill it. They're monsters. Anyone who would involve themselves in this kind of thing-to sit there and watch an animal ripped apart for enjoyment, is absolutely sick. There is no excuse for this. It's a macho thing. I call it the small **** syndrome. It's really about these guys trying to prove their manhood and there's a big Pit Bull out there doing their biting for them."

Asked what kind of people engage in dog fighting, DeRose tells us, "A lot of people in positions of power, law enforcement, politicians, judges-there's gambling involved in this. All kinds of people-Latino, white, black, Asian, everybody and from all socio-economic levels. There is a sadistic thing going on here. They enjoy watching animals get hurt. I've confronted some of these people and they're downright mean."

There is a subculture of dog fighting among professional athletes and Rap stars. Former NBA forward Qyntel Woods faced charges of dog fighting before pleading guilty to animal abuse in 2005 and former NFL running back LeShon Johnson pled guilty to three charges related to dog fighting in 2005 as well. Johnson is currently serving a five year deferred sentence. One of LCA's undercover investigators told this reporter, "Roy Jones Jr., the pro boxer, is a big time dog fighter and good friends with Mike Vick. On Roy Jones Jr.'s property, he has around a hundred Game (killer) Pits." Rap star DMX was convicted of thirteen counts of animal cruelty in 2002 for abusing his Pit Bulls.

In a dim-witted op-ed piece, football star Deion Sanders wrote, "I believe Vick had a passion for dog fighting. I know many athletes who share his passion. The allure is the intensity and the challenge of a dog fighting to the death. It's like ultimate fighting, but the dog doesn't tap out when he knows he can't win." Maybe Neon Deion would like to tell the Feds the names of these dog fighting athletes so they can get off the field and go where they belong- prison.

A Web search of Pit Bull sites demonstrates the pervasive influence of Hip Hop and Mob "culture." Sites are artfully Web-mastered to have the look and feel of a Hip Hop and Mafia environment. On these sites, one can browse for "breedings" Game bred pups which are "on the ground," meaning born and ready to be sold and trained for victory or death. The more "Game bloodline" they are, meaning that they are bred with the willingness to fight to the death, the higher the price. If one delves deeper into the Pit Bull fighting Web world, one can access some very scary people who write in code and warn each other on message boards that the "Feds are watching you, watch your noisy ****!" If a dog is described as Dead Game, it means the dog is poised to kill/win in the next match.

The letters Ch., (Champion) as a prefix before a dog's bloodline name means that the dog has won a contracted match, killing another dog. The prefix GR. Ch. (Grand Champion) before the name signifies that the dog has won five or more matches, killing each time. These dogs are sought after for stud services and breeding services for the purpose of creating a population of disposable dogs made to kill with spectacular, lucrative and bloody results. With names like Razor's Edge, RedBoy, Hittler, Jocko and the Notorious Juan Gotti, these dogs are posed menacingly, their ears hacked off crudely down to the skull and shackled in enormous chains -chains that are strong enough to pull a truck. The photos are enhanced with flourishes that are identical to the art work from Hip Hop CDs and magazine covers.

The dogs in the photos look joyless, which is unusual for a dog. Dogs in loving homes are naturally happy. In contrast, these poor beasts are beefed up on steroids and sadly, tethered to a large gage chain in a dirt yard. Naturally, the faces of the Dogmen (what dog fighters call themselves) are always cropped out of the picture. They don't want you to know who they are-not because they are ashamed but because they are hiding from the cops. Of course, none of the animals displayed have scars-that would be evidence that could tip off a raid by the "Law." These dogs live in Spartacus-like conditions. They are there for three reasons:

1: To enhance the macho image of the brutes who own them.

2: To make money.

3. To breed and fight and die.



Shamelessly, these Web sites have a disclaimer that states that "No dogs will be sold for illegal or fighting purposes." The site builders even claim that the content of the sites is "fictional and for entertainment purposes only." Right. And a Ferrari is only intended to be driven under the speed limit. And semi-automatic weapons are just for recreational use. Unfortunately, the Web sites, like the dogs and the blood and the cruelty are all too real.

To most people, the purse for a Game dog match is a lot of money. On the street fighting level, which is not considered professional, the purse can run around $1500. A professional match can bring in as much as $150,000- chump change for a rich guy like Vick.

According to an undercover investigator who works for Last Chance for Animals, no one wants to keep an injured dog. "You're gonna kill that dog because bringing that dog home is stupid," he says. "It's evidence. So you kill it. Most of the time, shoot him. Gun shot to the head. You don't want any injured dog on your property because that is evidence. They (dog fighters) have the most healthy dogs in the world because they treat them like athletes-until they're injured. They start fighting them at one and a half. It might live three years max. They seem to get attached to their breeding dog. If a dog does something spectacular in a fight, they might breed it. He will not go back to the property. He'll go to a private vet or a friend's house."



Shockingly, there are veterinarians who work in this business, pumping up these dogs with testosterone and other drugs to enhance aggression.

"Dog fighting is the cruelest thing I've ever seen and I've worked in a slaughter house," says the LCA undercover investigator. "If the dog is people-aggressive, it gets killed. Automatic loss in a dog fight. These dogs are havin' to trust these people. They wanna please the owner. These people are bonding with these dogs. They're playing ball with them in the yard. They (the dogs) don't know what's comin'. It's mentally cruel to the dogs."

Dog lovers can only hope that the prosecution team is made up of Pit Bull lawyers, who are Game enough to win. In his only statement so far on the charges against him, Mike Vick acknowledged through an attorney that he is sorry for the pain this has caused his mother. He apologized to his team mates for not being there at practice. But on the subject of man's best friend being torn to pieces for entertainment and profit, he is as silent as the dogs who died in agony at his house.

Carole Raphaelle Davis is an actress, animal welfare advocate and author of "The Diary of Jinky, Dog of a Hollywood Wife." Website: http://www.hollywoodjinky.com/

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THIS STORY IS 100% NOT TRUE

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How can you support someone like this? Black, white, brown, it doesn't matter anymore, never did. This person needs help and not worry about football anymore. He did go to college, didn't he? He should be able to find him a job other than football. Grow up and be a man!

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I strongly believe that if he wasn't black, that the marijuana would not have found its way into his hands, or his blood stream. I'll bet a white dude probably sold it to him and told him he needed to try it for an endorsement deal. Yeah, thats it! Has Vick changed his name to Michael Vick Tyson? What's next...a big tattoo on his face? If thats the case, we have a perfect combo for the next major box office hit...." DUMB AND DUMBER 2 "

GO IGGLES!!!!

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Carole get out the way.

With the way his life has gone in the toilet so fast I can understand the need for a puff.

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When it rains, it thunderstorms for this guy.... As much as i would love to rub this in the faces of all of the Vick defenders out there, I don't really think theres a need to. His actions speak for itself....

Oh yea the drug test had to have been racist.... sorry had to do it!!

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IT'S NOT A CULTURAL THING, STUPID! THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, DOGS ARE NOT HUMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALL RACES AND CULTURES SMOKE POT DUMB ASS!
THE BLACK COMMUNITY KNOWS HE'S A PUNK! DOES THE WHITE COMMUNITY MAKE ACUSES FOR STUPID ASS GEORGE W BUSH?! NO, BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY! COLOR HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH! IT'S ABOUT THE CHARCTER OF THE INDIVIDUAL. BESIDES CELEBRATING MARTIN LUTHER KING'S BIRTHDAY, LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAYS!! IT'S ABOUT EQUALITY! KILLING ANYTHING IS WRONG. ESPECIALLY HELPLESS DOGS!! I HOPE MICHAEL VICK{PRICK} ROTS IN JAIL FOR HIS CRIMES AGAINST LIVING ANIMALS, THAT MOST OF US LOOK AT AS OUR KIDS!!
WAY OVER RATED AS A QUARTER BACK ANYWAY, S IT'S NO LOSS TO THE NFL!

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I can't believe it. Mike Vick doing something illegal or stupid? He said he was sorry for breaking the dog fighting laws, not all the other laws.

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Nothing change, he still Vick the dog killer.

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Bring on the Penhouse pics!

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I suppose it's a performance enhancer, too! The world needs weed right now like it needs Jesus! Un-ban it, regulate it & legalize it for all crack heads sake!

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Hey Vick! Why dont you just take a shovel and dig your grave deeper. I guess when you "found Jesus", didnt last very long did it?

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To all of these mentally and criminally sick people whose comments approving dog figting, why don't you show yourselves and let us pit you against another of YOUR breed accompanied by a few of these real dogs that have been primed to kill at the scent of blood and see how fast your attitudes change. I would revel in being able to see such a match.

You are like the advocates of war but never join or participate in the fighting yourselves - but are all gung how about instigating the war - you are plain and simple(very simple) cowards. Just like the coward that is the pres. of the u.s and his followers, cheney, rove, et. al. Run cowards run!

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C'mon Michael. Pull yourself together. A whole lot of things are ending but not everything. There's a new life for you out there. You've just got to find it. Some people really want you to get past this and rise above it and come back out on top. You know you have it in you. Believe.

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Maybe he found Jesus while he was high on the weed.

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