Fw: This needs a reply and STRONG LETTERS/NY:They are Just Dogs/Property of the ow

October 11, 2008

Please write a letter to this writer to protest his inhumane and uninformed views of the Michael Vick case. Speak up for dogs everywhere!

Hugs,

Nancie

This writer needs a response - please see what he wrote about Michael Vick and how he feels about dogs - we are trying so hard to change the law - and here he comes along with this outrageous piece -

Thank you Alison of the web site pet-abuse.com for sending this newsArticle.PLEASE CROSSPOST The Spectrum Student PeriodicalUniversity of Buffalohttp://spectrum.buffalo.edu/article.php?id=37410The Spectrum 132 Student Union Amherst, NY 14260 PHONE.......716-645-2468 FAX............716-645-2766The Spectrum newsroom All submissions (letters to the editor or guest essay) may be submittedTo the editor in chief. Stephanie Sciandra, Editor in chief Managing EditorsChris Ryndak, seniorDan MeccaMatthew Zajac Spectrum-me'AT'buffalo.edu News Editors Joann Pan, senior Leslie ChurchChris DiMatteo, asst.Ren LaForme, asst. Spectrum-news'AT'buffalo.edu Editorial Editor Thomas Halleck -------------------------------OCT. 10, 2008 They are just dogsMATT WEBER Staff Writer Can anyone tell me why ex-Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick isStill in prison? It has been a year since his sentencing, so allow me to quickly remindAll of you how he got there in the first place: He killed eight dogs by means of drowning, electrocution or beatingWhile also gambling on the dog fights. For those killings, he was sentenced to 16 months in jail (14 if heShows good behavior) and he was up to lose almost $120 million in salaryAnd endorsements. He eventually got his endorsements back, but still lost around $20Million in pay. All of that happened to him for killing eight dogs. Really? Why does society put dogs on such a higher level than any other animals? We consider them human when they should be considered what they are: The property of the owner. When a dog does its business on another person's lawn, the personDoesn't yell at the dog, they yell at the owner. An owner gets to decide what they do with their property and if VickChooses to fight his dogs, then so be it. Personally, I would never choose to fight my dog and it is not like VickIs taking my dog and using it to fight without my consent. Vick's dog fighting organization, Bad News Kennelz, only fought dogsThat were chosen by their owners to fight. They weren't fighting dogs against the owner's will. If that were theCase, then I would totally understand there being a problem. Because "man's best friend" is put on such a pedestal, it clearly didn'tMatter what dogs were being tossed into fights. The fact that there were cute little dogs fighting each other madePeople turn against Vick. Comedian Daniel Tosh adds a very humorous opinion to Vick's dilemma. "I've wanted to kill a human today; I've never wanted to hurt your dog.Vick could have killed six thousand cats and people would have beenLike, 'You know they're overpopulated, right?' " he said. Speaking of overpopulation, I guess deer can be killed off left andRight and everyone is OK with that. When the Vick trial first started, I asked several people why theyThought deer hunting was all right while Vick's dog dilemma was such aCatastrophe. The majority of the answers included the words "because deer were over-Populated." Clearly, the only humane way to decrease the deer population is byShooting Bambi in the face. Tranquilizers won't do the trick, you need the deer to feel it, make himKnow what hit him. Another response after my rebuttal was, "some people eat the deer meatAfter they kill them." So basically, if Vick had eaten the dogs after they were killed, itWould make everything ethical, right? If it is all right to chow down on deer, it is only right that dogs canBe used as sustenance, too. I always like to consider this event as an indirect action consideringThis affects no one on a personal level. Let's be honest, I guarantee the first thing the jury thought when theyHeard what the case was about was, "Aw, poor dogs." That's the problem: our culture sympathizes with dogs more than it doesHumans. Vick lost almost two years of his life and money I could only wish tomake because of the lives of eight dogs. Think about it. Two years. $20 million. Eight dogs. Ridiculous. At the end of the day, Vick is a really hard guy to defend because therest of society is against him. No one cares about how small of a deal this really is. When you step back and look at the big picture they are just dogs. It's as simple as that. Content © 2008 - The Spectrum Student Periodical, Inc. ===========================

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