When professional football quarterback Michael Vick began launching a campaign in a view to put an end to dog fighting following his release from prison.

Vick, 29, who served in an interstate dog fighting ring for nearly 23 months, emerged from federal prison last May, taking up a role of a spokesperson for the Humane Society of the United States.

"A lot of these young men don't even realize that dog fighting is wrong, but hearing Michael Vick's story really helps them turn a corner and helps us in our campaign to stop dog fighting", Laurie Maxwell of the Humane Society told WMAQ-TV.

The Humane Society data reveals that over a quarter million dogs are used in fighting every year and more U.S. states and foreign countries are rising to undertake stringent laws related to animal abuse or ignorance.

Dog fighting is a crime in all 50 states including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Moreover, attending a dog fight as a spectator is regarded as a felony in 20 states, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals uncovered on its Web site, www.aspcapro.com.
Recently 200,000 plus people in Bulgaria is reported to undergo a Facebook petition launching a combat against animal cruelty.