PETA Denies It Plans To Do Ads With Vick

[OhioChick]

PETA Says It Withdraw Offer After USDA Report
PAUL NEWBERRY, AP Sports Writer

POSTED: 8:59 pm EDT May 1, 2009
UPDATED: 9:05 pm EDT May 1, 2009

An animal-rights group said Friday it has no plans to do public-service advertisements with Michael Vick after the disgraced quarterback is released from prison.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said it withdrew any offer about doing the ads after a U.S. Department of Agriculture report on Vick's dogfighting operation found "he enjoyed placing family pets in the ring with fighting pit bulls and that he laughed as dogs ripped each other apart," according to Dan Shannon, the group's assistant director of youth outreach and campaigns.

Shannon issued a statement late Friday in response to an Advertising Age report that Vick was set to do public service ads for PETA after he is released from federal prison. The one-time Atlanta Falcons star is scheduled to begin home confinement this month, having served the bulk of a nearly two-year sentence for financing and participating in a major dogfighting ring.

Advertising Age quoted three people with knowledge of talks as saying the proposed endorsement would be part of a comprehensive public-relations plan aimed at rehabilitating Vick's image and helping him get him back into the NFL. He was suspended indefinitely after admitting his involvement in dogfighting, and commissioner Roger Goodell has said he won't consider the quarterback's reinstatement until he completes his sentence.

The 28-year-old Vick revealed in his bankruptcy case that he hopes to rejoin the NFL and believes he could play another 10 to 12 seasons. He was once the league's highest-paid player, signing a 10-year, $140 million contract with Atlanta, but the Falcons have said they don't want him back.

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[rcrush]

1. Peta and Vick would be perfect together.

They can try and compare who has killed the most animals.

[Orrex]

2. You are such a freaking jerk

I was planning to post that!
:grr::mad::grr::mad::grr::mad::grr::mad::grr:

[rcrush]

4. doh

[Richard Steele]

9. Seconded. (And THX for the link you posted below.) nm

[ZombieHorde]

7. Do you have any links for your claim of PETA killing animals?

And if you do, will you post them in this thread?

[Orrex]

8. Link

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/5106600/Peta-under-fire-over-claim-that-it-kills-most-animals-left-at-its-US-headquarters.html

[ZombieHorde]

10. Thanks for the article. nt

[Orrex]

11. No sweat. To be honest, I should have provided it in my earlier reply.

:hi:

[petronius]

3. Darn, I really wish I had nothing else to do today...

This thread is going to rock! (By which I mean, it will quickly fill up with carefully thought-out, rational, respectful, and insightful discussion...)

[babylonsister]

5. PETA "withdrew any offer"... so their denial is kind of ironic. nt

[LiberalFighter]

6. Why not? They couldn't have one with Vick torn apart by dogs?