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The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will be throwing a competing tailgate party away from the Linc for the 2nd Chance Dogs campaign to increase awareness of dogfighting and encourage adoption of rescued pit bulls.
"As a lot of people have pointed out, (Michael Vick's) animals never got a second chance," SPCA chief executive Sue Cosby told CBS3. "We need to speak for them. "For us, this whole thing has just reinforced how hard we have to work at the work we're doing every day."
Meanwhile, J. Whyatt Mediawhore...err. Mondesire, president of the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP, told The Associated Press on Wednesday evening that his group and the Black Clergy of Philadelphia had decided to proceed with their march.
Mondesire said the groups recognize Vick committed serious crimes but they are supporting his right to a second chance.
Other local animal advocates seem to be taking a more tempered approach, content to raise money and awareness rather than engage Mondesire's publicity stunt.
The Eagles already attempted to diffuse the situation earlier in the week by hosting a discussion with a number of animal rights groups.
Tom Hickey Sr., the founder of the Pennsylvania advocacy group DogPAC, presented the Eagles
with 5,000 signatures on a petition asking the team to spend the equivalent of Vick's salary -- $1.6 million -- to establish a rehabilitation and training center for dogs.
Eagles senior vice president Pamela Browner-Crawley told reporters after the meeting that "financial support is on the table."
After all if Ted Dibiase taught us anything -- everyone has their price.
"We can make use of the power and influence of the Eagles to make a positive difference," Karel Minor, executive director of the Humane Society of Berks County, wrote on the agency's Web site. "We can challenge them to make good on their promise to help us end dogfighting and maybe even more."
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