PLEASE VOTE THAT VICK SHOULD GET 2 YEARS ( I know we want more!) But VOTE !!!! 
Right now the poll is tied - almost completely even between "less than 12 mos" 
and "Two years!) This is a very important message - it could have influence on 
the Falcons, Vick's  Judge, who knows??? 
http://www.ajc.com/search/content/sports/falcons/stories/2007/12/06/vickdogs_1207.html
 Suwanee shelter welcomes Vick dogs
Three of seized animals could land in Ga.

By SANDRA ECKSTEIN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 12/06/07 
 Three of Michael Vick's former pit bull terriers could soon be headed to a 
Suwanee shelter.
 A local rescue group has agreed to take the dogs, two that should be adoptable 
quickly and one that might need lifetime care.
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 "I'm excited they're going to get a second chance," said Joan Sammond, 
executive director the Georgia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
 The dogs were among a group 53 pit bulls seized from the Virginia home of the 
suspended Falcons quarterback. Rebecca J. Huss, an animal law expert at the 
Valparaiso University School of Law, was appointed guardian of the dogs by U.S. 
District Judge Henry E. Hudson in October. This week Huss filed a motion 
recommending the surviving dogs seized from the property on June 22 be placed 
with eight different rescue groups. Six other dogs have either died or had to 
be euthanized.
 Valparaiso spokesman Tom Shaer said it is likely the judge will approve the 
motion and order the dogs placed with the various groups, including Best 
Friends Animal Society in Utah and BAD RAP, a group in California that 
specializes in pit bull rescue.
 "Professor Huss expects the dogs to be moved by the end of the month to these 
eight facilities," Shaer said.
 As part of the recommendation, the groups getting the dogs will also receive 
funding to help pay for their care. Dogs that were deemed adoptable will come 
with $5,000, while those that might need to spend a long period of time, or 
their entire lives, in a shelter or sanctuary will come with $20,000.
 Sammond said the organization hopes that even the dog that requires lifetime 
care will eventually be adoptable. The earliest any would be available for 
adoption is mid-February, she said.
 Vick has deposited $928,073.04 into an escrow account to pay for the 
evaluation and care of the dogs. He's also scheduled to be sentenced Monday 
after pleading guilty Aug. 27 to a federal dogfighting conspiracy charge. Two 
co-defendants were sentenced last week to 18 and 21 months in prison.
 The U.S. Attorney's office filed a motion this week urging the judge to accept 
Huss' recommendations, saying the "amount of effort and attention to detail by 
Professor Huss is nothing short of extraordinary."
 Shaer said the school is proud of Huss' work.
 "We consider this to be the beginning of a very happy ending for these dogs, 
which were once commonly expected to be put down," he said.
 MORE INFORMATION
 For more information on the Georgia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
Animals, go to www.georgiaspca.org or call 678-765-2726.
 

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men [and women] to 
do nothing" --Edmund Burke (1729-1797) 





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