THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER – The one-time face of dog fighting, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, is coming off the bench to help in a campaign to win support in the farm bill to bar spectators from attending animal fights and also make it a crime to bring a juvenile to a fight.
The provision Vick, recently sidelined as the team’s starting QB with an injury, is lobbying for would essentially end dog and cock fighting by turning off the spigot of cash from spectator entrance fees and bets.
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Vick, who spent nearly two years in jail after being convicted in 2007 of operating a dog fighting ring, is helping the Humane Society of the United States get the anti-spectator language in the farm bill. Sources said that House and Senate members are near agreement on the language.
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