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this time anyone who has electricity should be aware of the case
against Michael Vick and his dog fighting camp. The terrible truth of
the matter is that he is not alone. How many more operations, like his,
are out there? Surely Mike's was found because it was a large operation
of inhumanity and because he is a high profile individual. What of all
those smaller operations tucked away just beyond the view of the
general public?
Today I saw one of the dogs in its kennel on
Fox News. It looked like the twin of my own dog named Winston. (Click
on my club: Lovable Pits to see Winston). I began to tear up and my
emotions ran high. That innocent creature was on death row. It never
knew what it was liked to sleep securely in his master's bed at night,
or curl up on the coach next to him while watching a movie. He never
knew what its like to be free in large yard to run and play with other
dogs. It never got to fetch a ball with the promise of adulation; or to
roll over the grass, to chase butterflies and sparrows. He never got to
take long walks in the woods with his "best friend", to discover nature
in its infinite measure, to smell the the kaleidescope of scents and
hear the symphony of life in all its majesty. This poor creature never
knew the tender loving hand of any human's touch. It only knew pain,
loneliness and fear.
What can we do to ensure that this does not
happen again or at least punish those who continue to choose to live
outside the bounds of civilized behavior by choosing to inflict pain
and torture on the innocent.
I hope they throw the book at Mike
and I hope we as a society will wake up and start demanding some
stricter penalties and laws to protect against animal abuse. This is
not about Mike its about a civilization that continues to find morbid
delight in torture. Its about us humans "seeing, hearing and speaking
no evil" as if we had no convictions or morality. I cringe when I hear
of other athletes making little of this one case to protect one of
their own.
Please come join with me to make a new commitment
for the sake of animals. We can't take back what has happened to these
dogs but we can prevent it from ever happening again.
Its time
to close this blog and find my dogs, give them each a huge hug and then
take them out to play ball with lots of praise and cookie treats. Take
a moment and do the same today!
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