Frodo, the last surviving dog rescued from Michael Vick, dies surrounded by loved ones

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

As the dogs saved from Michael Vick’s fighting ring went on to live as family pets or at sanctuaries, their everyday lives became a testament to the power of rehabilitation. For years, leaders in animal welfare have praised how these dogs, once viewed as damaged beyond repair, changed the perception of animals seized from dire circumstances. As the 2007 rescue slipped further into the past and the dogs reached old age, their human advocates and adopters knew there would soon be a time in which these dogs lived on only through the change they helped spark.

Frodo, the last dog remaining from this group, died Saturday, Oakland-based organization BADRAP announced, adding that Jonny Justice, another dog saved from Vick, died just two days earlier. As this dogfighting case became a national story because of Vick’s fame as an NFL quarterback, BADRAP became an early voice advocating for the dogs when others believed they should be killed.

“If they put them all down, it will just seal the deal and everyone will believe that they deserved it and that’s what was supposed to happen,” Donna Reynolds, executive director of BADRAP, said in 2019, noting her organization’s past success working with dogs from fighting situations. “It became kind of this urgent sense of, ‘Oh, my God, This is a case that we really need to get in there if at all possible.’ But how to get in there was the tricky part.”

Ultimately, 47 dogs rescued from Vick’s property in Virginia landed with organizations around the country. (A 48th dog, Rose, had to be euthanized for medical reasons before the dogs were officially allocated to rescue groups.) The 22 dogs considered the most challenging cases went to Best Friends Animal Society, which has a sprawling sanctuary in Kanab, Utah. BADRAP took 10 dogs, and the rest headed to other organizations in smaller groups.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/12/21/michael-vick-dog-survivor-frodo-dies/

[Quakerfriend]

1. I will never forget, my oldest son, then 14

watching the news in horror as this story was reported.
It was the first time he had ever witnessed this kind of inhumanity and evil- I don’t ever see Michael Vick the same way.

[BlackSkimmer]

2. That sick fuck.

If there’s a hell, he’s surely got a place waiting.

[SMC22307]

3. RIP, Frodo. And thanks to BADRAP, Handsome Dan's mom, Hector's mom and dad...

and all of the other families who saved these poor dogs.

[BigmanPigman]

4. Even the most severe punishment isn't enough

for these evil beasts in my opinion. I am speaking of the in-humane humans, not "man's best friend".

[Raine]

5. Aw 😔 💔

but I'm so glad that they ended up being loved. 💓

[Blue Owl]

6. "Humanity" at its very worst

I wish the penalties were stiffer for those who perpetuate and sponsor this sick violence… like so stiff that a body bag might be required….

[Withywindle]

7. Sail into the West, Frodo

You loved and were loved, and you and the other puppers showed the world that there are no bad dogs, only bad owners (Really REALLY bad ones). Huge thanks to everyone who fought for these dogs and took them in.

[cate94]

8. +1000

[North Shore Chicago]

9. Thank you

to the family and rescue organization who saved Frodo and all the other dogs.

I lived in Atlanta during Vicks tenure with the Falcons. There was not one quarterback who could throw, run as well as he could. I lived to watch him. One would see him around town rubbing elbows with the every day citizen. His amiable personality was appreciated.


And then the story broke.

The horrific sub human acts he engineered and participated in incensed my core, I wanted to personally inflict damage to him to where it was not healthy for my psyche. In fact, typing these words takes me right back to that nightmare. The nightmare for those sweet sweet innocent dogs being abused and tortured by a millionaire for fun was something that was difficult to believe. I never got into football after that.