Vick INDICTED!

[Jadapit]

The shirt I ordered from Cafe Press came today. I'm going to wear it tomorrow when I walk the fur kids. I love it!

[cassiesmom]

Thank goodness for this anonymous tipster!

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Starving Dogs Found In Dogfighting Sting
Two Men Arrested; Emaciated Pit Bulls Seized

POSTED: 10:07 am CDT July 26, 2007
UPDATED: 1:08 pm CDT July 26, 2007


BURBANK, Ill. -- An anonymous tip led Burbank police to a van full of caged, lethargic dogs stacked atop one another and headed to dog fights across the country, Burbank police said.

The four pit bull terrier pups that were near death and eight emaciated and thirsty adult pit bulls were taken Sunday to the Animal Welfare League in Chicago Ridge, police said.

The two men in the panel van, accused of transporting the dogs, were taken to jail, where they remained Wednesday, unable to post $150,000 bail each, authorities said.


An officer said some of the dogs suffered burns on their paws from standing in their own urine, and some of the dogs were nearly blind.

"The puppies they had to give IVs to right away, or they would have been dead in a few hours," he said.

The dogs never were let out of their cages during transport and were left standing in their own waste, he said.

Brian James Bailey, 48, of Marion, Texas, and Tony Self, 35, of Stone Mountain, Ga., were charged with felony aggravated animal cruelty and dogfighting, police said.

"According to their logs, they travel throughout the country, mostly the east, picking up and dropping off the dogs for fighting," the officer said. "There's no way he's getting them back."

The men had made a stop at a Chicago location prior to stopping to refuel at a Burbank gas station about 8:30 p.m., according to police. It was unclear if the men were going to make other stops in the area.

Elliott Serrano, community outreach specialist with the Anti-Cruelty Society in Chicago, said many gamble on dog fights.

"The allure of dogfighting is the excitement and the violence," he said. "It triggers off that hormone in the brain that when you see live combat, it gives you a thrill."

Serrano compared dogfighting to a "last man standing match."

"In a fight, the animals are compelled to brutalize each other until their opponent is no longer able to fight," he said.

Dogfighting in Chicago is becoming associated with a culture of drugs and gangs. But the activity has existed for hundreds of years.

"It is a culture. It is a way of life to a lot of these folks," Serrano said. "Some people get into dogfighting because that's their way of exerting power and control and getting what they perceive as respect."

Bailey has been in similar trouble in Texas where he had 88 pit bulls seized at the site of a dog fight on his property in Marion, Texas, in 2005, according to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Texas.

Of those dogs, at least 40 of the adults showed signs that they were used or trained to fight, the news release said, and they were destroyed.

The appropriate fate of pit bulls who have been trained for fighting is a topic for debate among animal rescuers and anti-cruelty advocates, Serrano said.

The Anti-Cruelty Society would never try to adopt out a pit bull used in fighting. But rescuers have taken dogs from fighting situations and tried to find homes for them.

"It's the classic nature versus nurture argument," he said.

Copyright 2007, Sun-Times News Group

Copyright 2007 by NBC5.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

[shais_mom]

The shirt I ordered from Cafe Press came today. I'm going to wear it tomorrow when I walk the fur kids. I love it!

I LOVE it!

[shais_mom]

Let's spay Michael Vick and THEN Britney!

[shais_mom]

http://www.cafepress.com/buy/michael...t_/fpt_/c_360/

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[Cinder & Smoke]

http://www.cafepress.com/buy/michael...t_/fpt_/c_360/

http://www.cafepress.com/buy/michael...t_/fpt_/c_360/

Don't think I'll post THIS one ^^^ ... not 'zaktly sure what's on the shirt ...
better you should *click* da link for yourself!

Hope this gets past the Mayor's eyes.

[Jadapit]

LOL! I LOVE the bad newz shirt. I may have to order that one also.

[shais_mom]

Hope this gets past the Mayor's eyes.

oh sure- I post the link and you post the shirt and I'll be the one that gets in trubble!!
that's why I posted the link you silly goof!
*THUMPZ*

[Cinder & Smoke]

oh sure- I post the link and you post the shirt and I'll be the one that gets in trubble!!

that's why I posted the link, you silly goof!
*THUMPZ*

Duhhh ...

Nebber happin!

Anyhow - it'll be MY post that gets the Red Ink X

[joycenalex]

What's next? Can it get any worse for Vick?
Yes, it could get worse in a hurry. The federal prosecutors in Richmond are preparing a new set of charges, known in legal terms as a superseding indictment. The new charges could come any day. The new charges might include a racketeering allegation under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (known as RICO). RICO originally was designed as a weapon against organized-crime hoodlums but has been used frequently in other prosecutions. A charge under RICO would make Vick's situation significantly worse. It would make the government's case against him easier to prove, and it would increase the prison sentence Vick would face if convicted.
hurray!(mine, not from espn)

[lizbud]

What's next? Can it get any worse for Vick?
Yes, it could get worse in a hurry. The federal prosecutors in Richmond are preparing a new set of charges, known in legal terms as a superseding indictment. The new charges could come any day. The new charges might include a racketeering allegation under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (known as RICO). RICO originally was designed as a weapon against organized-crime hoodlums but has been used frequently in other prosecutions. A charge under RICO would make Vick's situation significantly worse. It would make the government's case against him easier to prove, and it would increase the prison sentence Vick would face if convicted.
hurray!

This was hinted at from the beginning & I'm so glad these investigaters
managed to amass so much damaging evidence in this case.Most dogfighters
hide in the shadows of society, but this Vick case was so blatant.

[RICHARD]

Just In....

Vick's looking for a deal - Guilty and one year in the pokey.

Now I want to hear all the 'pundits' talk about his innocence.

Wah, Wah, Waaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!