NEW YORK (AP) -Leaders of animal rights groups are hopeful that Michael Vick can use his second chance to discourage others from participating in dogfighting.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell conditionally reinstated Vick on Monday after the quarterback served 18 months in prison for running a dogfighting ring.
Humane Society of the United States president Wayne Pacelle met with Vick in federal prison in the spring about how the quarterback could help. Pacelle says the public won’t “be pleased if he just gets back into football and puts aside the anti-dogfighting activities.”
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals president Ed Sayres says he hopes Vick “rises to the occasion and proves worthy of the rare second chance commissioner Goodell has granted him.”
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