PETA Urges NFL to Test Michael Vick for Brain Disorder

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by Michael Parrish DuDell January 23, 2009
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On Wednesday, the whistle-blowers at PETA sent a letter to the National Football League requesting that Michael Vick — perhaps best known for the dogfighting charges he faced last year — be subjected to a psychological test and an MRI brain scan in an effort to find evidence of clinical psychopathy or anti-social personality disorder.

Why the lofty measures? According to PETA:

” The only way to know for sure if Vick can change his ways is for him to submit himself for a brain scan and psychological test. Based on a number of factors—such as the fact that the right side of the hippocampus is larger than the left in 94 percent of captured psychopaths—these tests can help determine if Vick can ever truly understand that dog fighting is a sick, cruel business. Or, they could suggest that he’s doomed to repeat mean, violent behavior in the future—whether with dogs or other human beings.”

Yikes! PETA insists that even though they’ve been meeting with Vick’s management and legal team for the past 18 months, they will not participate in the production of a Michael Vick anti-dogfighting PSA unless the accused animal-abuser takes said tests and passes. 

If you think Michael should agree to PETA’s request, visit their website and sign a petition. If not, comment below and tell us how you feel! 


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  • simone

    THAT is a ridiculous request. PETA is really and truly getting on my nerves with their antics.

  • VeggieTart

    I think PETA’s a little nuts. There has to be a way they can bring the issue of animal fighting to the fore without giving some undeserving jackass like Michael Vick any more publicity. Let him molder away in prison for however many months his sentence was and then try to forge a life well out of the public eye.

  • midnitelover

    What is the nature of our country when our court system is held hostage by an animal group. If anamials have equal or more rights than people this is a sad place to live. AFTER ALL THEY WERE ONLY DOGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Mr. Vick broke a useless federal law and he has satisfied the law on that charge. I think this animal loving group should be tested mentally or get a life. You have already been able to destroy a man’s life, are’nt you satisfied?

  • aj

    Are the members of PETA intimate with dogs? Has PETA made donations to help homeless,hungry,out of work,uninsured men women and children?

    Personally I think you disgusting people should have a brain scan.

    Commissioner Gooddell, if you’re man enough to lead and govern the NFL, then man up and do the right thing about Michael Vick, he would have served the time that the law requires. Anyone deserves a second chance.

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  • sfgx123

    PETA kills 85% of all animals they “save”. They claim they are forced to kill viable animals because it is impossible to do much due to their limited budget (30mil annually). Yet PETA calls the slaughter of livestock MURDER and compares it to the Holocaust. In comparison their neighbors the Norfolk SPCA saves 73% of all animals they take in with a annual budget a fraction of a fraction of PETA.

    PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk claims: “A rat is a dog is a boy”. If a boy = a dog and animal “MURDER” is a acceptable practice by PETA standards, then is the killing of unwanted children acceptable? Apparently so according to PETA’s logic.

    PETA is against all animal medical research. Good luck living past 40 without modern medicine. If you support this then please refuse all medical treatment for you and your child since modern medicine was founded on the sacrifices of animal testing. PETAs leadership uses insulin which was tested on animals. PETA does not consider this hypocritical by any means. How convenient of them.

    PETA’s tax records show donations and loans made to convicted homegrown terrorist Rodney Coronado. PETA also contributed to his legal defense fund. Rodney has confessed in public lectures of firebombing private property in the name of ALF (Animal Liberation Front). PETA leadership calls this terrorist a “fine upstanding young man”. Rodney has gone to college campuses to teach students to build home made firebombs.

    PETA is no better than Al Qaeda, just more media savvy.

  • leaveVickAlone

    This is seriously getting out of hand. PETA needs to lay off now as the guy has served time that was required of him by law and has techincally lost all of his money. PETA is no just waisting our tax payers money so they need to go and get them selves check out first before pointing fingers at ours. IDIOTS

  • nick

    I think that is totally ridiculous.I heard if vick would have taken legal action earlier he wouldn’t have gone to jail.

  • http://coffinchaos@yahoo.com adam

    i agree with you guys peta is out of hand they condemn him because of one bad choice id like to see some of them when they needed a second chance in anything in life get turned down and see how they feel. hope to see vick on the field this year!

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