
Season premiere of DogTown
Dogfight
Friday, January 1
10 p.m. ET/PT
Featuring Cherry and Georgia the Vicktory dogs
A Picture Paints a Thousand WordsSource: Best Friends News
Cartoonist Berkeley Breathed, famous for the "Bloom County" and "Opus" cartoon strips, credits a photo he saw in the New York Times of a dog seized from Michael Vick's property, along with a quote from another source, as the inspiration for his new book.
NY Times Columnist Asks: Who is worse, Michael Vick or Hunters?Source: The New York Times
This could be one of the worst opinion pieces I have ever read. William Rhoden of the NY Times attempts to compare Jackie Robinson's travails as the first African-American MLB player to Vick and implies that racism might be involved because he hasn't been signed by an NFL team.

7-20-09
What happened to Michael Vick's dogs ?Source: CNN
Since being rescued 20 months ago from the dogfighting ring financed by Michael Vick, all but a few of the abused pit bulls have been recovering in sanctuary, foster care and adoptive homes. Now even the most traumatized of them can have a happy new year.
Dogfighting Subculture Is Taking Hold in TexasSource: The New York Times
HOUSTON — The two undercover agents were miles from any town, deep in the East Texas countryside, following a car carrying three dogfighting fanatics and a female pit bull known for ripping off the genitals of other dogs.
17 Dogs Saved from Dog-Fighting RingSource: LAist
The LAPD's Animal Cruelty Task Force--a group formed three years ago--announced today a successful break up of a profitable dog fighting ring in South LA.
Chicago: South Side Dogfight Broken UpSource: Chicagoist
Police found one dog crouching in the corner so badly injured that it had to be carried away on a stretcher, and authorities do not expect it to survive. The other dog was taken to a local shelter.
McCain's Exciting New Endorsement!Source: YouTube
Please allow me to introduce everyone to Daddy Yankee, whose endorsement has thrilled John McCain! Daddy Yankee apparently first went to the Obama campaign with his offer of an endorsement but wisely the Obama campaign vetted Daddy Yankee and turned him down...when you watch thi …
Charities' fear as street dogfighting soarsSource: Guardian Unlimited
Dogfighting in Britain is soaring, with animal welfare charities reporting a huge rise in dogs being treated for wounds and a surge in the number of people attacked by breeds used as weapons by their owners.
Dognapping cases on the rise in S. Fla.Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Brutus the Rottweiler disappeared recently from Pompano Beach.
A friendly German shepherd named Pancho went missing from Miramar in January.
And in December, a spunky Great Pyrenees puppy vanished from her Tequesta home.
For pit bulls, life can be the pitsSource: The Roanoke Times
Among the most common dogs used in fighting, pit bulls often end up in animal shelters because they are overbred and some of their owners are more interested in the dogs' tough image than in caring for a pet, according to several animal workers.
Pit bulls: Companions or killers?Source: The Detroit Free Press
Rashaun Rucker, an award winning Free Press photographer puts together a photo journal about the horrific sides of pit bull dog fighting and the effects it has on both the dogs and people.
Ultimate Fights Expand to Include KidsSource: ABC News
Ultimate fighting was once the sole domain of burly men who beat each other bloody in anything-goes brawls on pay-per-view TV.
But the sport often derided as "human cockfighting" is branching out.
Dogfighting pit, 2 dead pit bulls foundSource: msnbc.com
Police found the bodies of two pit bulls in trash bags behind a college and also rescued 15 caged dogs, some scarred and emaciated, at a house with a dogfighting pit in the basement.
Suicide bomber kills 80 at Afghan dogfightSource: The Globe and Mail
The apparent target of Sunday's attack, Jan, was the provincial police chief in Kandahar in the early 1990s and was the only commander in the province to stand up against the Taliban during its rule, said Khalid Pashtun, a parliamentarian who represents Kandahar.
Vick's fighting dogs get second chance at lifeSource: CNN
Ellen doesn't look like a top-fighting dog.
She wags her tail and gives kisses to anyone who greets her. But the deep scars on her face are permanent reminders of her difficult and violent past.
Because Everyone Deserves A Second ChanceSource: CNN
His back resting comfortably against her chest, Hector nestles his massive canine head into Leslie Nuccio's shoulder, high-fiving pit bull paws against human hands.The big dog -- 52 pounds -- is social, people-focused, happy now, it seems, wearing a rhinestone collar in his new h …
Michael Vick to judge: 'I am not the beast' Source: CNN
"I have been talked about and ridiculed on a day to day basis by people who really don't know Michael Vick the human being. They only knew the football player which is unfair," Vick said in a handwritten letter released this week.