he s met ever everything asked. every quest. he s done two events a month and he s been doing a very good job. you run the organization. has this been a unanimous feeling in your organization? i imagine it s controversial? absolutely. i understand all the people who are upset about michael vick and who really can t get the images out of their mind. i understand that. but endlessly flogging michael vick is not going to save one more dog. even during the conviction proceedings, i felt it was important to pivot away from the vick case to a degree. we wanted to make sure he was successfully prosecuted but we also wanted to look at the larger issue. michael vick was just one of thousands of people involved in dog fighting and there are tens of thousands today. the key is for us to reach these kids before they get into the activity and to, of course, strengthen the laws and have good law enforcement. but you ve got to have a mix of prevention and prosecution and
i understand all the people who are upset about michael vick and who really can t get the images out of their mind. i understand that. but endlessly flogging michael vick is not going to save one more dog. even during the conviction proceedings, i felt it was important to pivot away from the vick case to a degree. we wanted to make sure he was successfully prosecuted but we also wanted to look at the larger issue. michael vick was just one of thousands of people involved in dog fighting and there are tens of thousands today. the key is for us to reach these kids before they get into the activity and to, of course, strengthen the laws and have good law enforcement. but you ve got to have a mix of prevention and prosecution and that s what we re doing and vick s role in speaking to kids in newark and philadelphia and washington and baltimore, we just spoke to 2,000 kids in new haven, these kids are listening. he s a celebrity. he has a cautionary tale and it s an important message that t
them so we said to vick we ll work with you if you put boots on the ground and speak to thousands of kids in communities across the country to warn them away from this horrible proproblem of dog fighting. he s met ever everything asked. every quest. he s done two events a month and he s been doing a very good job. you run the organization. has this been a unanimous feeling in your organization? i imagine it s controversial? absolutely. i understand all the people who are upset about michael vick and who really can t get the images out of their mind. i understand that. but endlessly flogging michael vick is not going to save one more dog. even during the conviction proceedings, i felt it was important to pivot away from the vick case to a degree. we wanted to make sure he was successfully prosecuted but we also wanted to look at the larger issue. michael vick was just one of thousands of people involved in dog fighting and there are tens of thousands today. the key is for us to re
has this been a unanimous feeling in your organization? i imagine it s controversial? absolutely. i understand all the people who are upset about michael vick and who really can t get the images out of their mind. i understand that. but endlessly flogging michael vick is not going to save one more dog. even during the conviction proceedings, i felt it was important to pivot away from the vick case to a degree. we wanted to make sure he was successfully prosecuted but we also wanted to look at the larger issue. michael vick was just one of thousands of people involved in dog fighting and there are tens of thousands today. the key is for us to reach these kids before they get into the activity and to, of course, strengthen the laws and have good law enforcement. but you ve got to have a mix of prevention and prosecution and that s what we re doing and vick s role in speaking to kids in newark and philadelphia and washington and baltimore, we just spoke to 2,000 kids in new haven, these
proproblem of dog fighting. he s met ever everything asked. every quest. he s done two events a month and he s been doing a very good job. you run the organization. has this been a unanimous feeling in your organization? i imagine it s controversial? absolutely. i understand all the people who are upset about michael vick and who really can t get the images out of their mind. i understand that. but endlessly flogging michael vick is not going to save one more dog. even during the conviction proceedings, i felt it was important to pivot away from the vick case to a degree. we wanted to make sure he was successfully prosecuted but we also wanted to look at the larger issue. michael vick was just one of thousands of people involved in dog fighting and there are tens of thousands today. the key is for us to reach these kids before they get into the activity and to, of course, strengthen the laws and have