(1) Send e-mail or fax to Last Chance for Animals

Chris DeRose at LCA (Last Chance for Animals) apparently was the sole advisor to the government on the dogs in the Vick case. His record at saving animals is unmatched. Write to him or his agent (Eileen Koch) to plead with them to lead an effort to spare the dogs. Those dogs do not deserve to die. Surely, there is a solution for this problem that would let them life a life better than what they ever had before.

Here is the contact information of LCA.
Chris De Rose
Last Chance For Animals
8033 Sunset Blvd. #835
Los Angeles, CA 90046
PH: 310-271-6096
FX: 310-271-1890
www.LCAnimal.org


Here is LCA's agent's press release on LCA's role in the Vick case and web site where you can leave a message.
Eileen Koch
Eileen Koch & Company
1830 Pelham Avenue, Ste 302
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone: 310-441-1000
Fax: 310-441-3030
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=762856



Here is a letter we just sent to both places.

Chris DeRose
Last Chance for Animals

I saw the press release for clarifying LCA's and Chris DeRose's role in the Vick case. Thank you for clarifying that as there was so much hype by other animal welfare/protection organizations, it was quite unclear who was doing what.

While I agree that it is important that we ask Judge Hudson to throw the book at Vick to send a clear message to others and to make sure he understands the gravity of what he did, I think all of the animal welfare organizations are missing the most important thing right now, which is to spare Vick's dogs. Everyone seems to feel that there is no alternative but to euthanize them when they are no longer need as evidence. To my way of thinking, that is so contrary to what the animal welfare/protection movement is all about. If someone cannot come up with a solution for keeping those dogs, we have all failed at what we are trying to accomplish. Think about what saving those dogs would do. Sure, they will not live the life of a free dog, but they will live. Please do what you can do to give these dogs one last chance at life. If LCA leads an effort to spare those dogs and succeeds, I will divert a major portion of my annual contributions for the next five years from my usual list to animal welfare organizations to LCA. Surely, you can find 250 or 500 others who would be willing to do the same.

I can think hundreds of tougher challenges in the animal welfare business today other than saving Vick's dogs. If someone cannot save them, why are we striving to do so much more. Think about the good this would do for all the other pit bulls send to their death each day because of their reputation. I would not be sending this message if I did not thinlk LCA could succeed at this. The truth is that I would have been more impressed if the press release addressed this challenge and not the one of advisor to the government during the investigation.

Please do not abandon Vick's dogs. They want to live. Please see what you can do to give them a chance to live for the first time.