Animal abuse

Although we are not covering animal abuse on the module when I was watching a show on National Geographic Wild last night a huge case of animal abuse was reported involving a professional American Football Player known as Michael Vick. From a personal point of view I cannot stand people who abuse animals. Abusing a living creature that cannot fight back is cowardly and just pathetic. Michael Vick 'was highly involved in the operation, alleging that he attended fights and paid off bets when his dogs lost. It said he also was involved in the executions of dogs that did not perform well.' Although Vick was given a hefty fine and a jail sentence it doesn't erase the fact that he made these dogs suffer.

World famous Dog Psychologist Cesar Millan and his right hand Dog, 'Daddy the Pitbull' (pictured) who passed away in February 2010. Daddy was the most calm submissive dog that lived and did a lot for the Pitbull breed, he changed opinions worldwide about the breed,. Cesar is a great believer that owners make dogs aggressive, he has also proved this through his work.

Pitbull dogs were used by Vick, a dog which I believe is wrongly banned in this country and has a bad reputation worldwide because of people like Michael Vick, Dogs are not born aggressive, owners lead to this through a lack of leadership and everything but a calm assertive temperament.

Animal abuse is a common occurrence and although charities and organisations are putting the effort in it seems as though this is an endless job. After seeing the state of the dogs that Michael Vick possessed it is very easy to tell why it angers me so much. Here is a link to a video that shows some of the dogs when they were picked up from Vick's property.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8585352481265402372# (Not recommended for people with a weak stomach).

Article used - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/17/AR2007071701393.html