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Are We Much Better than Michael Vick?

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This is an excellent opinion piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The media and society is vilifying Michael Vick (rightly I believe.) This is part of the piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Some of us forget that dogs are mere animals, and that animal mistreatment is as American as Apple iPods.

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Man Who Hung, Electrocuted and Beat Dogs to Death Given Courage Award by Philadelphia Eagles

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Because poor Michael Vick has been through so much. Sorry but after seeing the victims that he left behind on Dog Town, I still think he's slime. It takes a special kind of callousness and brutality to treat dogs that way. This is making dogs tear each other to shreds. This is making dogs tear each other to shreds.

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December 26 Podcast Uploaded

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This week's stories: PETA demands that the National Institutes of Health take back grant money awarded to the University of Kansas; The Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums prepares to investigate the Calgary Zoo next year; Convicted dog fighter Michael Vick receives an award in courage from the Philadelphia Eagles; Canada tries to find a public (..)