Animal rights group PETA's president Ingrid Newkirk gave an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital about Michael Vick's hiring as a head football coach.

It’s not surprising, nor is it unfair, that Michael ... do I know if Vick is truly remorseful. What I do know is that the Vick case, then and now, shines an important light on dog abuse.

Michael Vick has been hired as ... Then his participation in a dog-fighting scandal derailed his life and his career. Vick's Bad Newz Kennels was found to have tortured and killed pit bulls ...

PETA has responded to the report that Michael ... distance of any dogs, PETA wishes him no ill.” Vick, 44, pleaded guilty in 2007 to being involved in an illegal dog fighting ring that operated ...

On Dec. 10, 2007, Michael Vick walked into a federal courthouse ... He was there to be sentenced for his role in a brutal dog-fighting ring, which had cost him his $100 million NFL contract ...

Vick was named the new head coach at FCS school ... baggage he brings stemming from his arrest in 2007 for running a dog fighting ring, there was one group more fired up about Vick’s new job ...

Anyone reading this letter please find the book “The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick’s Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption” about his arrest, prosecution and the horrors investigators found ...

Then Fox Sports broadcaster Michael ... team. Vick has come a long way since the scandal that hurt his reputation in 2007 after he pleaded guilty for his involvement in a dog fighting ring ...

Michael Vick was officially introduced ... was derailed after he pled guilty to playing a role in a dog-fighting ring in 2007. Vick served two years in prison and has worked with a number of ...