Michael Vick, and in more ways than one.

In addition to serving a 23-month sentence for his role in the dogfighting ring operating on his 15-acre Virginia property, the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback was ordered to pay almost $1 million for the care of the dogs.

(On top of that, Vick faces an April 2 trial in Virginia on state dog-fighting charges.)

Most rescue groups received $5,000 per adoptable dog, according to a story on National Geographic's website.

Best Friends, the Utah animal sanctuary that allowed the media access to the dogs yesterday, received $18,275 per dog, because the 22 animals it received were the toughest cases and, it was thought, would spend a lot of time -- in some cases the rest of their lives -- there.

The other non-profit animal rescue organizations to which the federal court sent Vick's dogs -- all of which depend at least in part on public donations -- are Animal Rescue of Tidewater in Chesapeake, Virginia; BAD RAP in Oakland, California; Georgia SPCA in Suwanee; Our Pack in San Francisco; Richmond Animal League in Virginia; SPCA of Monterey County in California; and Recycled Love, Inc. in Baltimore.