PETA Plans To Picket Niketowns Over Failure To Drop Vick
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PETA Planning To Protest Outside
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Representatives from PETA “plan to picket Niketown stores next week” to protest the company not yet dropping Falcons QB Michael Vick, who is being arraigned today on federal dog fighting charges, according to Sam Farmer of the L.A. TIMES. PETA Assistant Dir of Campaigns Dan Shannon: “We want to send a message to Nike that they should drop all ties with Michael Vick based on the facts that are already lined up at this point.” Nike, which suspended the release of Vick’s new shoe and stopped selling his items on its Web site, last Thursday said that the relationship was not terminated because Vick has not been convicted of anything. Meanwhile, Humane Society President Wayne Pacelle said, “I don’t think that a physical protest of the NFL or the Falcons is needed at this time. They’ve been making some of the right moves. Obviously, if they deviate from that and regress, then that would elicit a corresponding response” (L.A. TIMES, 7/26).
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