Homeless dogs benefit every time Michael Vick is tackled

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Homeless dogs will benefit every time Michael Vick is tackled

I've gotta give some love to Philadelphia's Main Line Animal Rescue. They once planned to put their money and energy into billboards bashing Vick, but then came up with a better idea: taking advantage of Michael Vick's reinstatement to do some good for homeless doggies.

According to Marcus Hayes of the Philadelphia Daily News, Main Line Animal Rescue is buying ad space in newspapers in the cities to which Vick will travel during the NFL season, pledging to donate five bags of dog food to a local animal shelter every time someone tackles Vick. They're also asking people to volunteer at local shelters on Vick game days.

I wholeheartedly support the campaign, and it sounds like the exact type of thing I'd have recommended for an animal activist group. It's going to benefit dogs in need (provided Michael Vick ever sees any game time; and I'd also add the stipulation that a Vick interception means 10 bags of dog food), it's not destructive or disruptive in any way, it doesn't make anyone look mean-spirited, and it doesn't let Vick off the hook, either.

The only way it goes bad is if Vick is hit and suffers some debilitating injury and they end up celebrating a man's paralysis by giving a gift of dog food. That would be awkward for everybody. But that's a longshot, and I don't think anyone wants to see that happen.

Main Line Animal Resuce is using Vick to advance their cause, which they absolutely should, and they're doing so in a way that's 100% positive. Hooray for homeless doggies.

[GIMNEPIWO]

Huh ... funny ... my sister is very involved as a volunteer with Mainline Animal Rescue and she didn't say anything about this ... I will e mail her now and find out if this is a load of internet crapola ...

[Vagrant99]

Vick wont play much will he? Backing up McNabb.

[GIMNEPIWO]

My sister confirmed that to the best of her knowledge it is true ... stating that she believes they donate 5 bags of dogfood to an animal shelter in Washington DC for everytime Vick is tackled ... IF he plays ...

edit: actually... she is with 'Brookline' not Mainline ... so she may not have all the details

[Vagrant99]

Nonetheless, Its a good gesture when its all said and done.

[anonlooker]

Huh ... funny ... my sister is very involved as a volunteer with Mainline Animal Rescue and she didn't say anything about this ... I will e mail her now and find out if this is a load of internet crapola ...

Since when are libs so cynical about handouts?

[GIMNEPIWO]

Huh ... funny ... my sister is very involved as a volunteer with Mainline Animal Rescue and she didn't say anything about this ... I will e mail her now and find out if this is a load of internet crapola ...

Since when are libs so cynical about handouts?

I'm always cynical about what I read on the internet ... often cynical about a handout ... and seldom cynical about a hand up ...
.... in this case it appears to have some truth to it, while making a point and being pretty funny ... but, I suppose the point you're making is that these dogs at the shelter shouldn't be getting free health care & begging for food when they are perfectly capable of getting a job ...

[anonlooker]

Huh ... funny ... my sister is very involved as a volunteer with Mainline Animal Rescue and she didn't say anything about this ... I will e mail her now and find out if this is a load of internet crapola ...

Since when are libs so cynical about handouts?

I'm always cynical about what I read on the internet ... often cynical about a handout ... and seldom cynical about a hand up ...
.... in this case it appears to have some truth to it, while making a point and being pretty funny ... but, I suppose the point you're making is that these dogs at the shelter shouldn't be getting free health care & begging for food when they are perfectly capable of getting a job ...

I could, except all the jobs are being taken by... oh, forget it! I'm not going "Immigration Reform" this early in the morning!

[PDad]

Huh ... funny ... my sister is very involved as a volunteer with Mainline Animal Rescue and she didn't say anything about this ... I will e mail her now and find out if this is a load of internet crapola ...

Since when are libs so cynical about handouts?

I'm always cynical about what I read on the internet ... often cynical about a handout ... and seldom cynical about a hand up ...
.... in this case it appears to have some truth to it, while making a point and being pretty funny ... but, I suppose the point you're making is that these dogs at the shelter shouldn't be getting free health care & begging for food when they are perfectly capable of getting a job ...

Actually, Mainline and Brookline are perfect examples of the private sector providing for the needy and saving them from a government-run institution that would ultimately kill many of them.

[GIMNEPIWO]

Huh ... funny ... my sister is very involved as a volunteer with Mainline Animal Rescue and she didn't say anything about this ... I will e mail her now and find out if this is a load of internet crapola ...

Since when are libs so cynical about handouts?

I'm always cynical about what I read on the internet ... often cynical about a handout ... and seldom cynical about a hand up ...
.... in this case it appears to have some truth to it, while making a point and being pretty funny ... but, I suppose the point you're making is that these dogs at the shelter shouldn't be getting free health care & begging for food when they are perfectly capable of getting a job ...

I could, except all the jobs are being taken by... oh, forget it! I'm not going "Immigration Reform" this early in the morning!

yeah... well ... I'm sure OSHA would have something to say about homeless dogs mowing your yard ... and the INS if they were unlicensed to boot ... illegal dogigrants ?