Update on Vick's dogs

The Washington Post had a moving article yesterday on what has happened to the dogs seized when Michael Vick's dogfighting operation was shut down.

"Of the 47 surviving dogs, 25 were placed directly in foster homes, and a handful have been or are being adopted. Twenty-two were deemed potentially aggressive toward other dogs and were sent to an animal sanctuary in Utah. Some, after intensive retraining, are expected to move on to foster care and eventual adoption."

The jury is still out, for some experts, on whether the dogs can be retrained.

"John Goodwin, a dogfighting expert with the Humane Society and a proponent of euthanizing fight dogs, is skeptical of the emerging reports of the Vick dog recoveries. ... 'The behavior is bred into them,' he said. 'These groups are not rehabilitating these dogs. They're training them to behave in a more socialized manner. But these pit bulls should never be left alone with other dogs, because you never know when that instinct to fight another dog is going to surface.' "

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Here are some other entries I did on the Vick saga.

UPDATE: Michael Vick filed for bankruptcy protection, saying he owes up to $50 million. Here is the story from ESPN.com.