Michael Vick Injured in Dog Attack

September 25, 2029—Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Michael Vick was severely injured in a dog attack Thursday evening, sustaining injuries that will force him to miss Sunday’s game in Baltimore against the Ravens.

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Vick had exited his car and was walking toward his front door  when the female pit bull broke loose from its leash,  headed directly toward him and attacked.  Vick suffered lacerations to his right leg and buttock.

“It was amazing,” Lee Thalpett, owner of the dog, Daisy, told FU.  “We were just on a leisurely, quiet walk, and suddenly she went berserk. There were several people on the street. She could have attacked anyone of them, but it was like she singled out Coach Vick.”

The Humane Society of the United States was quick to voice its sympathies for Vick,  but still pointed out the irony of the attack, recalling the former star quarterback’s 2007 conviction on charges related to a dogfighting ring that he ran.  Vick spent 18 months in prison.  After his release, he played briefly for the Philadelphia Eagles before retiring and has been a longtime crusader against dogfighting.   

“Because of his work on behalf of abused animals, we feel Mr. Vick has redeemed himself,”  said Humane Society President Annie Mulover. “But dogs tend to have a strong sense about people, and apparently this particular animal is not as forgiving as we are.”

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