13News has learned that Surry County Commonwealth's Attorney Gerald Poindexter and the sheriff's office have rejected a warrant to look for remains of pit bull dogs on the Surry County property that used to be owned by Michael Vick.

Poindexter says he and the sheriff "did not like the language" of the search warrant approved by a state magistrate. So they will not go forward with the search, which was requested by a sheriff's office investigator.

A sheriff's office investigator tells 13News that there are no plans to re-apply for a warrant to search the property; that they may have enough evidence to go forward with charges.

According to the now null and void search warrant, an informant told authorities that seven dogs were destroyed and buried on the property April 23rd, two days before Surry County initially raided the property on Moonlight Road.

It goes on to say as many as 30 dog carcasses might be buried on the property.

So far, investigators have not said if the search is complete or what, if anything, they found.

The search warrant calls for a search of property behind the main house on Moonlight Road, not the house itself.

According to the warrant, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Inspector General requested approval to go into a building on the backside of the property to pull up floor boards and wall boards looking for signs of blood. 

The USDA also wanted to search for items that may have been used to bury animal bodies.

Police raided the rural home on April 25 during a drug investigation. 66 dogs, 55 of them pit bulls, and equipment that could be associated with dog fighting, were removed from the property.

Vick has said he let his cousin, Davon Boddie, live there and that he didn't know a large kennel on the property could be involved in criminal activity.

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This is one of the dogs taken from the Surry Co. home.

Over the weekend on ESPN's "Outside the Lines," an informant characterized by police as credible, said Vick attended a dog fight in 2000 and he called Vick "one of the heavyweights" in the sport of dog fighting.

Dog fighting is a felony in Virginia.

No charges have been placed in the case and the Surry County Commonwealth's Attorney has said he will not try the case in the media.

Vick recently sold the property. The buyer's name hasn't been revealed.

Norfolk-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, meantime, has sent a letter to the NFL offering animal sensitivity training for the league's players and staff. Dan Shannon, PETA's assistant director, told WVEC.com Tuesday, "We haven't received a response from the NFL, but with the long weekend and so much going on with this case, I wouldn't be surprised if it takes the NFL a little while to respond."

No charges have been filed in the case yet, but Commonwealth's Attorney Gerald Poindexter has publicly said he expects this case to result in charges.

Federal investigators are not saying what their involvement is in the case.