Vegetarian Star

A Pennsylvania based animal rights group is getting ready to close a deal to buy Michael Vick‘s former home that was the headquarters to dog fighting activities he was convicted for.

Dogs Deserve Better had originally tried to raise enough money to purchase the 4,600-square-foot house and 15-acre property in Surry, Virginia by March, but failed.

Like several of Vick’s former dogs that were given a second chance on life, Dogs Deserve Better has been given another opportunity to purchase the home and is expected to close the deal for a loan towards the end of May.

The group plans to use the home as a rehab center for rescued dogs until they can be placed in adoptable homes. It has already raised over $175,000 for the cause to open Good Newz Rehab Center.

“We are ecstatic to get on the ground and start the transformation of this property and the entire community which was brought to its knees by the brutality that occurred,” the group’s founder, Tamira Thayne said. “It’s a new day; we are sending a message that animal abuse is out of line with what our country’s citizens want. Dogs are family members, part of the pack, and we must honor and respect them as such.”

For more information and to learn how to donate to the cause, visit DogsDeserveBetter.org.

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