Michael Vick Has Always Enjoyed Pitas ... Er, PETA

Michael Vick is ready to fulfill his community service requirementshis dream of defending animal rights in a PETA ad. The guy just really cares about this issue for some sudden unexplained reason!

Ad Age is reporting that Vick is "in talks" to shoot some PETA spots upon his release for prison. While technically not required by his sentence, this will presumably be part of a larger PR campaign designed to erase the part of your brain that associates "Michael Vick" with "sadistic and cruel dog murder."

"I'm familiar with [the plan]," said Dan Shannon, director of youth outreach and campaigns for PETA. "We have been in discussions with Michael Vick, with his management team, about the possibility of him putting out a public-service announcement with PETA when he's out of jail. We want him to discourage people from taking part in dog-fighting. I can do it until I'm blue in the face and it might not convince anybody. Michael Vick sure can. He can say, 'Look, I did it, I was wrong, and it ruined my career.'"

Yep ... he sure can.

Michael Vick in Talks to Become PETA Spokesman [Ad Age]