{"id":460,"date":"2011-01-07T12:58:13","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T16:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egstaffpicks.wordpress.com\/?p=460"},"modified":"2015-04-08T19:29:37","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T19:29:37","slug":"the-lost-dogs-michael-vicks-dogs-and-their-tale-of-rescue-and-redemption-by-jim-gorant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=460","title":{"rendered":"The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick&#8217;s Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption by Jim Gorant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-493 size-full\" title=\"The Lost Dogs\" src=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/the-lost-dogs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Football star Michael Vick&#8217;s highly publicized conviction for his participation in the horrific &#8220;sport&#8221; of dog fighting is the basis for this book, but the work done by a dedicated group of volunteers to redeem the victimized pit bulls is the true heart of the book. Although not all of the rescued dogs could be saved, Vick&#8217;s fine of $1 million provided the means for the months of rehabilitation that ultimately made new citizens of many of the animals. If you are a dog lover, or if you just like happy endings, these stories of dogs and the people who believed in them will steal your heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Football star Michael Vick&#8217;s highly publicized conviction for his participation in the horrific &#8220;sport&#8221; of dog fighting is the basis for this book, but the work done by a dedicated group of volunteers to redeem the victimized pit bulls is the true heart of the book. Although not all of the rescued dogs could be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=460\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick&#8217;s Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption by Jim Gorant<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,10,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-nonfiction","category-reviewed-by-linda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}