Despite the Philadelphia Eagles’ public pledge, in the wake of signing Michael Vick, that they would become a leader in combating dogfighting, an area activist formally accused the Eagles’ organization Sunday of having “no intention or plan to partner with the humane organizations in this region in a focused effort to confront the brutal enterprise of dogfighting.”

In an e-mail obtained by Calkins Media to Pamela Browner Crawley, the Eagles’ vice president of public affairs and government relations, Tom Hickey Sr. of DogPAC said that the primary focus of the Eagles’ anti-dogfighting efforts “may unfortunately be an attempt to conduct a public relations campaign focused on the Eagles (sic) image rather than the dogs that need immediate help.”

Hickey has been involved in negotiations and discussions with members of the Eagles’ organization since the team signed Vick, who spent 18 months in prison for his extensive role in a dogfighting operation, in mid August.

“The Eagles plan + appears to revolve around the creation of some sort of mobile medical van, the creation of football cards depicting players and their dogs, and the use of players and cheerleaders for potential fund-raising activities for organizations willing to participate,” Hickey wrote to Browner Crawley. “Of course many have repeatedly stated that we are struggling to see where driving a van around the city possibly performing spay/neuter procedures, and handing out football cards will help even one dog that is currently, or has been, maimed, tortured, abused or killed.

“As we have stated before it is our opinion that those involved in dogfighting will most likely not use the services you may offer since their goal will be to breed, torture and kill dogs. And most concerning to me is most of the activities appear to center on ensuring that the Eagles brand is the primary driver in each activity.”

Browner Crawley did not return an e-mail requesting comment.

In an Aug. 14 press conference, one day after the Eagles signed Vick, team owner Jeffrey Lurie said that his only criterion for judging the success of Vick’s acquisition “will be 100 percent, is he able to create social change in this horrendous arena of animal cruelty? Whether he is successful with us on the field, sure I hope he is. But his legend and whether we are giving him a second chance will be successful if he can diminish the level of animal cruelty. That’s it. If he is not proactive he won’t be on the team because that’s part of the agreement.”

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MICHAEL Vick is just beginning to fulfill his promise to fight animal abuse, but experts say that he already has had a powerful effect on the world of dogfighting, both positive and negative.

When agents raided his rural Virginia property in 2007 and discovered his Bad Newz Kennels, a largely invisible world was pulled into public view.

It was a world where someone in the know could get you one of a dozen trade publications, like “Scratch Back” magazine, which offered advice on feeding your fighter (”raw meat cut into strips three or four times a week”) and whether to use steroids (”you can burn up a dog’s liver and kidneys if you don’t know what you’re doing.”)

It was a world where tens of thousands of self-described “dogmen” bred and raised dogs to maul each other in refereed matches conducted with strictly enforced rules.

In the “Sporting Dog Journal,” the dominant trade magazine, you could find ads for Hellz Comin Kennels, and read results of dozens of dog matches throughout the country.

It was a world where an unwanted dog might be dispatched by attaching one terminal of a live battery cable to his lip and another to his hindquarter. One former dogfighter said electrocution was considered relatively humane, since “it stops the heart quicker” than hanging.

And it was a world where less well-organized dogfighters were proliferating in cities like Philadelphia, raising pit bulls in basement kennels and fighting their dogs in empty lots, garages and abandoned buildings.

Vick brings a crackdown

John Goodwin, manager of animal-fighting issues for the Humane Society of the United States, said that Vick’s 2007 arrest spurred a national crackdown on organized dogfighting.

“The number of raids doubled, and legislators stepped into action,” Goodwin said. “There are 26 new laws increasing penalties for dogfighting.”

Kennel sales fell. The “Sporting Dog Journal” was shut down and its publisher was arrested. Most other trade publications disappeared, though two new ones have appeared within the past year.

But although Vick’s arrest launched a crackdown on organized dogfighting, many believe that his public association with dogfighting made it more popular among urban “street fighters.”

“Absolutely, no doubt in my mind,” said George Bengal, director of law enforcement for the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. “It [dogfighting] became the thing to do. To young people who looked up to him, it was like, ‘It’s OK to do this.’ ”

Sean Moore, 28, a former Chicago dogfighter who now works with the humane society’s campaign to end dogfighting, agrees.

“For the younger guys, it pretty much made it worse,” Moore said. “Michael Vick was like a king to them.”

Moore said that it seems that street-level dogfighting is more common now, and more out of control.

“There’s no order now,” Moore said. “We used to fight [dogs] in abandoned garages, basements. Today kids fight right at the bus stop, in school yards. Now, you see somebody talking tough, you fight him.”

Barbara Paul, who prosecutes animal-cruelty cases for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, said that many lower-level dogfighters in Philadelphia and other cities are involved in drug dealing and other crimes.

Paul worries that Vick’s quick return to celebrity-athlete status will send a message that dogfighting isn’t that serious an offense.

“He did his time and lost some contracts, but his life isn’t so different from when he went in,” Paul said. She said she wants local courts to begin imposing tougher sentences in Philadelphia.

Paul said that many neighborhood dogfighters develop an interest in the wider world of competitive dogfighting and pit-bull breeding.

“It’s an incredible underground society,” Paul said. “They have their own kennel registration, and the wins and losses are registered. It’s an incredibly well-developed system. I’ve seen their breeding certificates.”

Angela Messer, forensic case manager for the local SPCA, recently knelt to comfort Paris, a pitiful-looking female pit bull rescued from a West Oak Lane dogfighting kennel raided a few days before.

The dog’s face was visibly swollen. She had deep puncture wounds in her chest, neck and back. Nasty scars in her hindquarters indicated she’d been forcibly bred in a restraining contraption known among dogfighters as a “rape stand.”

And her mammary glands bore infections from the premature departure of nursing puppies. “The milk curdles,” Messer explained.

“It’s very upsetting, and, unfortunately, Philadelphians are really just becoming aware of how serious a problem dogfighting is in Philadelphia,” Messer said.

“Most of us here are pit-bull owners. They’re the best dogs, and you wonder how someone can treat them like this, a dog who’ll love to sleep in your bed at night.”

A world unto its own

By one estimate as many as 40,000 Americans consider themselves dogmen - those who breed, train, and fight dogs competitively and adhere to a commonly shared set of rules and practices.

They’re more numerous in Southern states, but are found in all parts of the country. The “Sporting Dog Journal” was published in upstate New York.

Beyond the world of organized dogfighting, an unknown number of “street fighters” match dogs in cities and towns around the country, with varying degrees of knowledge and connection to national dogfighting circles.

Dogfighting culture was described to the Daily News by several experts, including one former Philadelphia dogfighter who spoke on the condition that the dogfighter’s name and identifying details be concealed.

The elite performers of the dogfighting world, known as champions and grand champions, are lionized in magazine photos and advertised for breeding.

A champion is a dog who’s won three matches, a grand champion five.

There are relatively few grand champions because a match is a major event, agreed to months in advance and accompanied by wagering that can run into the thousands.

The preparation is intense.

“These dogs are trained like athletes,” the SPCA’s Bengal said. “They work out for hours on treadmills. They get the best food, and some of them steroids.”

On the day of the match, each dog is washed and weighed at the site of the contest.

The match occurs in a 16-foot- square pit. Each dog has a designated corner and a handler, often the owner, who manages the dog during the match.

There’s also a “corner man,” chosen by a dog owner’s opponent, who washes the dog before the match and provides water to sponge the dog during the match.

The corner men are chosen by opposing dog owners to ensure that no dog is bathed or sponged with a toxin that will poison an opponent that bites its fur. The corner man remains in his opponent’s corner during the match as an observer.

Once the dogs are released to fight, the only person in the pit is a referee, who holds a “breaking stick” to pry apart the locked jaws of a dog in some circumstances.

A referee will interrupt a match if he sees a dog has “fanged,” meaning that one of his canine teeth has punctured and hooked his lip, leaving him at a disadvantage. The handler will free the dog’s lip from its fang, and the fight will resume.

“I’ve seen matches last 10 minutes,” said the local dogfighter. “I’ve seen ‘em run two hours.”

The characteristic perhaps most prized among dogmen is “gameness,” the willingness of a dog to keep fighting, no matter what.

“If a dog has heart, he’ll keep coming, regardless of the pressure, regardless how tired, regardless of the damage they’ve had,” the local dogfighter said.

Some matches end when a dog is fatally wounded. Sometimes a dog jumps the pit and forfeits. And sometimes a dog loses its will to fight.

If a weary dog turns its head and shoulders away from an opponent, the referee will raise his hand and call a “turn,” instructing the handlers to take their dogs to their corners for sponging and a 25-second break.

If the dog that turned then fails to “scratch” - to cross the ring to engage its opponent - it is declared the loser.

Injured dogs are usually treated by their owners, who avoid veterinarians who might report suspicious wounds to authorities.

Many owners become amateur vets, learning to clean and sew wounds and administer medications. The Philadelphia dogfighter recalls being at a match when a friend’s dog suffered an abdominal wound that the dogfighter knew would be fatal.

“I told him, ‘I can’t save him from that,’ ” the dogfighter recalled. “He needed to be rushed to the University of Pennsylvania [which runs a veterinary emergency center], and you do not bring a [fighting] dog there.

“He knew there was nothing he could do to save him,” the dogfighter said. “So he was going to let his dog die with honor, which was to stay in there [and fight] till the end.”

Seriously wounded dogs may be killed after a match, though far more puppies and dogs are killed by owners who judge them not good enough fighters to keep.

Randall Lockwood, a psychologist and vice president of the ASPCA, said that there’s an old expression among dogmen: “Breed the best, bury the rest.”

Methods of execution vary, and include hanging, shooting, and electrocution.

The local dogfighter usually managed to give away unwanted dogs, though it was sometimes hard finding a responsible owner. One reason for killing an animal, the dogfighter said, was when it became clear that the dog was a “man-eater” - a canine with a penchant for attacking humans.

“I never wanted to give a dog away and have him attack a child,” the dogfighter said.

Several experts said that some owners have a hard time killing their dogs, but will pay someone else to do the job.

Audiences for matches are small, limited to those trusted by the dog owners in the match. Most matches are seen by fewer than 20 people.

The dogfighter said that many would be surprised at the mix of people who get into the business.

“There’s gangbangers, cops and professional athletes, besides Michael Vick,” the dogfighter said. “There was even a preacher.”

Dogging the fighters

What’s being done to combat dogfighting?

The Agriculture Department investigates violations of federal animal-cruelty laws. Special- agent-in-charge Brian Haaser, who worked on the Vick case, said that since his arrest the department has gotten more tips and has mounted more investigations than before his arrest.

“We’ve heard anecdotally that some of these people have been laying low, and changing their routines,” Haaser said.

But they still find plenty of dogmen. Coordinated raids in six states in July netted 26 arrests, including a Little League coach, a registered nurse and a teacher. Four hundred dogs were rescued.

Goodwin, of the Humane Society, said that different strategies are required for young urban street fighters and organized dogfighting rings.

“The professionals among them are so ideologically committed, the only thing that will reach them is a good long prison term,” Goodwin said. “They come up with all sorts of insane rationalizations for what they do.”

But Goodwin said that many younger dogfighters in cities can be reached with the right kind of campaign to turn their thinking around.

Tio Hardeman, who grew up on Chicago’s West Side, works with the Humane Society’s Campaign to End Dogfighting in that city. He said that a lot of urban dogfighters raise pit bulls to cast a certain image.

“It’s the symbol of having a pit with you and looking tough when you walk down the street,” Hardeman said. “It makes you feel you better not mess with this guy. It’s the street image.”

The campaign uses former dogfighters like Sean Moore to find people fighting pit bulls and offer them alternatives.

Moore said that he talks to kids about the risks of being arrested, and tries to get them to bring their dogs to classes on Wednesday and Saturday.

“It’s pit-bull training,” Moore said. “They learn basic obedience and agility exercises, and see alternatives for their dogs.”

It isn’t clear how effective the program is, but the Humane Society has expanded the program to Atlanta and hopes to eventually bring it to Philadelphia.

Meanwhile, the Eagles are planning a number of steps involving players and cheerleaders to assist animal-rescue groups and to fight abuse. Vick spoke to a school in Feltonville last week.

Bengal, of the local SPCA, said that he’d welcome a program like Chicago’s here, and he hopes that Vick delivers on his commitment to help.

“He owes the younger generation a lot,” Bengal said.

Staff writer Stephanie Farr contributed to this report.

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By Francis Battista
Opinion, Philadelphia Inquirer

Twenty-two dogs rescued from Michael Vick’s dogfighting operation were brought to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary last year. They arrived at our Utah facility in various states of trauma. While we’ve had many breakthroughs with the dogs, some have yet to recover. And some may never recover from the abuse and neglect they suffered in Vick’s care.

To our knowledge, neither Vick, his handlers, nor the NFL has called to ask how the dogs are doing. And these very real, living victims of the crime are nowhere to be found in the continuing debate about Vick’s rehabilitation.

Vick’s handlers had shopped him around to various national animal organizations, including Best Friends Animal Society, while he was still in prison. We were interested, but we did not want to involve Vick in our work and effectively give him our endorsement unless he actually demonstrated his remorse by taking on some unheralded volunteer work. Perhaps it would be spending six months or a year doing helpful chores at some animal shelter, or visiting community centers to talk to kids without any fanfare or expectation of personal gain.

When Vick was busted for dogfighting, the publicity generated a wave of discussion and public examination of the horrors of this awful sport. The public outrage surrounding his arrest and conviction were probably the most effective measures against animal fighting since they closed the Roman Coliseum.

Now Vick has returned to football in an Eagles uniform, playing in his first game since his conviction this week. Reports from the locker room say teammates are supportive, relying on the argument that he has paid his debt to society. But Philly fandom is clearly divided, with detractors saying the Eagles and the NFL have shown that all their talk about character and role models is just that - talk.

Vick is also working with the Humane Society of the United States. Unfortunately, the Humane Society’s well-meaning involvement is taken as a character reference and apology for a man who killed dogs with his bare hands in unbelievably cruel ways.

The Eagles are complicit in that they brought Vick on board before he had taken even the slightest redemptive measures for animals. The team satisfied his handlers’ agenda by facilitating his immediate return to the privileged confines of the NFL, with nothing more to go on than the word of a known liar and animal abuser.

Vick may have paid his legal debt to society, but how does one begin to assess his heart and mind when he has done little more than say what he had to say to get his job back?

More than anything, this episode demonstrates what little regard our society has for nonhuman life. We compartmentalize violent, antisocial behavior according to the species of the victim.

Vick personally drowned, electrocuted with jumper cables, and body-slammed dogs to death, when he could have paid a veterinarian to put them down with lethal injections. After all, he paid someone to meticulously remove the teeth - roots and all - of Georgia, one of the dogs now at Best Friends, so she could be bred without endangering her male partner.

Would someone who expressed that level of aggression and violence against another person, even without a death involved, ever be considered for immediate readmission to professional sports?

This isn’t just a sentimental animal lover’s assessment. Animal cruelty is a proven gateway for violent criminals ranging from the Columbine kids to your run-of-the-mill wife-beater.

Imagine if the bodies of those animals had turned up at random in Philadelphia neighborhoods over the course of several months. Would the good people of the city want the person responsible playing quarterback for their beloved team?

As it stands, Vick is well on his way to regaining his former status, thanks in large part to the Eagles and the Humane Society. I hope the Humane Society’s gamble pays off for the animals.

Vick certainly appeared concerned about returning to football as soon as possible. We would like to be more convinced of his concern for animals, if only he could humble himself by changing water, scooping poop, or sweeping floors at a local shelter - where dogs slated for deaths more merciful than those Vick meted out wait hopefully for simple acts of human kindness.

Francis Battista is a cofounder of Best Friends Animal Society, which has cared for some of the most traumatized dogs rescued from Vick’s dogfighting operation. For more information, see www.bestfriends.org.

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When the Eagles signed Michael Vick, owner Jeffrey Lurie said the quarterback would be measured not by his success on the field but by his contributions to the community.

By bringing Vick to Philadelphia, the Eagles have been forced to deal with social issues beyond football, mostly the lingering problem of animal cruelty. That prompted a scene such as yesterday at the NovaCare Complex, where the Eagles invited about 20 animal-welfare groups for a two-hour roundtable discussion.

“You want to take this terrible case and squeeze what good you can out of it,” said Wayne Pacelle, CEO of the Humane Society of the United States. “I’m encouraged that the Eagles say they want to help address this problem. That’s another ally in our fight against animal cruelty.”

Eagles president Joe Banner and senior vice president for public affairs Pamela Browner Crawley represented the team at the meeting. Crawley called the meeting a first step to determine how the Eagles can use their resources to help.

Vick, who served 18 months in prison for running a dogfighting ring, has agreed with the Humane Society to participate in two events a month across the nation. The Eagles organization believed it was important to take local action in addition to Vick’s work, Crawley said.

“We absolutely intend to partner with organizations here in Philadelphia,” Crawley said.

Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne M. Abraham participated in the meeting but declined to repeat her views. She did, however, stress the importance of a wide-ranging effort to eradicate dogfighting, specifically in the city.

Abraham said a house in Germantown was raided Sunday night, and police found dead and injured pit bulls.

“Pit bull fighting is a countrywide, very big, fat business,” Abraham said. “It is a multimillion-dollar for-profit organization. It is extremely cruel. It is a strictly a blood sport, if I can call it a sport at all.”

Tom Hickey Sr., chairman and founder of DogPAC and a member of the state Dog Law Advisory Board, said he was encouraged by the meeting because the Eagles separated what Vick will do in the community from how the Eagles will contribute. He said 90 percent of the meeting was spent talking about the Eagles and not Vick.

Hickey attended the meeting after starting a petition Aug. 19 demanding the Eagles match Vick’s salary in donations to local dog shelters and other organizations that protect dogs. Hickey said 3,200 people have signed the petition online.

“I was skeptical going in,” Hickey said. “I thought they would have a plan in place to give a second chance to Michael Vick. I was concerned this meeting was just going to be telling us why they’re doing it.

“I’m leaving with a good feeling they will focus on the local problem.”

Vick’s debut could come Thursday night in the Eagles’ third preseason game. Eagles coach Andy Reid has not committed to playing Vick, but teammates have hinted at it.

Susan Cosby, CEO of the Pennsylvania SPCA, said her organization has no plans to formally protest the game. But she imagines others will.

“The games are for the fans,” Cosby said. “I expect there will probably be some fans who have something to say.”

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The Philadelphia Eagles have called for a meeting with area animal welfare groups Monday to discuss dogfighting in the wake of their signing Michael Vick.

When asked about the format, the Eagles said they would “just listen,” said Gail Luciani, spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania SPCA.

She said the Eagles were going to invite a lot of animal welfare groups, seeking to be inclusive, including the Chester County SPCA, Delaware County SPCA and Main Line Animal Rescue.

Michael Vick will not attend the meeting, Luciani said.

The Humane Society of the United States - with whom Vick is working to combat fighting across the country - also is participating in the meeting.

“It’s really the Eagles’ meeting and not HSUS’s,” said president Wayne Pacelle. “It’s really the Eagles meeting and not HSUS’s. Our trajectory is clear. We want to get Vick in front of at-risk kids, and do so in Philadelphia and in other urban centers around the country.”

Tom Hickey, founder of DogPac political advocacy group and a member of the state Dog Law Advisory Board, said he hopes the meeting will produce “an action plan” to help victims of dog fighting.

“We need a plan to address the issue in Philadelphia and surrounding area,” he said. “I hope the Eagles get involved and help dogs caught up in this horrible enterprise.”

The meeting is set for 5 p.m. at the NovaCare complex.

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A Philadelphia-based animal welfare group is asking the Eagles to put their money where their mouth is.

DogPac, a political action committee and advocacy group, sent a letter to Eagles owner Jeff Lurie today asking him to match every dollar he pays Michael Vick with a donation to area animal shelter.

That means a total of $6.6 million over two years.

“The Philadelphia Eagles have repeatedly stated that they believe in giving second chances,” said Tom Hickey Sr., chairman of DogPAC and a member of the state Dog Law Advisory Board. ”I believe this is a way for the Eagles to clearly demonstrate that they are willing to invest equally in giving a second chance to the dogs that are the victims of this brutal illegal activity.”

In addition to the letter to Lurie, Hickey sent an email to the 23,000 people on the DogPAC list urging them to send emails to the Eagles and show their support for the donation request. As of noon 925 letters had been sent to Lurie, Hickey said.

Hickey said the Eagles contribution should go toward enforcing animal cruelty laws and helping care for and rehabilitate fighting dogs.

“With this matching contribution dogs that have been brutalized will be able to receive the necessary medical and behaviorial care that is necessary to give them that second chance of being adopted into a loving and caring home,” he said.

There has been no word from the Eagles on exactly what will be expected from Vick as far as his anti-dog fighting activities are concerned or what, if anything, the team plans to do to help the area’s animals in the months and years ahead.

Here is the letter DogPac sent to its email list:

Are you as outraged as I am that the Philadelphia Eagles have signed Michael Vick? I’m sure that you are, and you have every right to be. Vick has admitted doing barbaric things to dogs, and the Eagles have shown horrible judgement by making him a member of their team.

The Eagles say that Vick will use his position to help save dogs and show kids that animal abuse is wrong. That simply is not good enough.

However, I believe that by working together we can make the Eagles put their money where their mouth is and do something very positive for dogs in Philadelphia.

That’s why I’ve sent a letter to Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie urging him to prove his team’s commitment to stopping dog abuse by donating AT LEAST the equivalent of Michael Vick’s salary to dog shelters and rescues every year that Vick is an Eagle. That would mean donations of $1.6 million this year and $5 million next year, if Vick is still on the team.

Now I need your help to put public pressure on the Eagles organization to make this happen. Please join me by sending an email to Eagles Owner Jeffrey Lurie telling him to prove his commitment to protecting dogs by agreeing to make these donations.

Click here to send an email to Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie telling him to put his money where his mouth is to protect dogs.

The Eagles have said that they are giving Michael Vick a “second chance” by putting him on the team. By making these substantial donations to rescues and shelters the Eagles could give a second chance to thousands of dogs that have been abused, maimed and tortured by dog fighting rings just like the one that Michael Vick ran.

If they believe that Vick’s second chance is worth $1.6 million this year, then we believe it’s worth at least that much to give second chances to thousands of innocent dogs who otherwise would be destroyed.

Please help me convince the Eagles and Jeffrey Lurie that this is the right thing to do by sending him an email right now.

Please forward this email to your friends, relatives and neighbors who love dogs and ask them to join you by emailing Jeffrey Lurie too.

Thank you for your continuing support and for everything you do to help protect dogs in Pennsylvania.

Sincerely,

Tom Hickey, Sr.
DogPAC Chairman

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Mr. Jeffrey Lurie
The Philadelphia Eagles Football Club
Philadelphia, PA

Dear Mr. Lurie:

The recent decision by the Philadelphia Eagles to sign Michael Vick has generated heated debate and great controversy not only among football fans both locally and nation-wide, but most prominently people who love dogs. These individuals and groups work tirelessly to save dogs from the abuse and neglect that occurs far too frequently, and have demonstrated their outrage at the Eagles decision to sign a multi-million dollar contract with an admitted animal killer.

The Philadelphia Eagles have publicly committed to working with the community to ensure that the barbaric activity of dog-fighting is eliminated in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. To clearly demonstrate your commitment to fighting animal cruelty and abuse, the Eagles should match, dollar-for-dollar, the total annual compensation of Michael Vick with a contribution for local shelters and rescues every year that Vick remains an Eagle.

The plan is simple: with the matching donation we will be able to establish a facility to provide the necessary medical and behavioral therapies and treatments required to allow dogs to have a ‘second chance’ after experiencing a cruel and abhorrent existence at the hands of those who abuse and kill. The Eagles commitment to providing the necessary funding to allow this ‘second chance’ would mark a concrete demonstration of your dedication to the stated cause of ending animal cruelty. Additionally, with the funds provided by your matching donation, local humane shelters would be able to hire additional humane law enforcement officers to investigate and prosecute those who continue to participate in this inhumane activity.

Savingpuppies.com believes that we can be very instrumental in assisting the Eagles and Mr. Vick in his efforts to get out in the community to speak of the evils of dog-fighting, and to that end we offer to work with the Philadelphia Eagles and the area humane society to construct a program, along with success measurements, to successfully reach out to those who are vulnerable to taking part in these illegal activities.

I look forward to your reply,

Thomas G. Hickey, Sr.
Chairman, DogPAC

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