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Bealls Removes Vick Jerseys In Ga.

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The Associated Press

Published: December 16, 2008

BRUNSWICK, Ga. - A Florida retail chain quickly pulled replicas of Michael Vick's jersey from its Georgia stores after getting complaints from animal rights groups.

Bradenton, Fla.-based Bealls Outlet Stores apologized in an e-mail to a Georgia Humane Society leader and said the jerseys were stocked by mistake.

Vick, the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback, is serving a 23-month federal prison sentence in Leavenworth, Kan., after pleading guilty last year to participating in a dogfighting ring.

He pleaded guilty last month to a state charge of promoting dogfighting at a home and kennel he owned in Virginia, where underperforming fighting dogs were killed.

Bealls has stores in 29 Georgia cities.

"We are very sorry that some of our stores were carrying Michael Vick jerseys," Bealls spokeswoman Barbara Tucker wrote. "As a company, we do not support Michael Vick in any way."

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