| PNP
and AKF Rescue Sixty-Seven Slaughter-bound Dogs.
Capas,
Tarlac---On March 21, 2011, AKF received information
that a vehicle carrying dogs were bound for
San Pedro, Laguna for slaughter.
Together with the police operatives (CIDG)
of Cabuyao Laguna, AKF raided the holding
area in San Pedro, Laguna were the dogs were
delivered.
Sixty-seven
muzzled and hog-tied dogs were rescued, with
one expired dog recovered.
AKF commandeered the van full of dogs and
transferred the dogs to AKF’s rescue
truck when they reached Cabuyao, Laguna police
station.
The owner of the vehicle was charged in court.
No persons were arrested as they all escaped
into the night crossing parts of the Laguna
Lake that bordered the holding area.
 The
67 dogs are now being rehabilitated in AKF’s
shelter and some of the female dogs that were
pregnant during the time of rescue have now
given birth to undernourished (some have expired)
but surviving puppies. GSQ2011 |
LATEST RAID
In
the chilly dawn of November 5 at a bus terminal
in Baguio City, AKF with the Philippine police
blocked a shipment of 30 dog carcasses ready to
be delivered in dog-dish serving restaurants. Four
adults and 1 minor were arrested and duly charged
with violation of the Anti-Rabies Law.
The 4 adults spent two days in jail and posted
bail while the minor was turned over to the social
welfare agency.
VIEWER'S
DISCRETION ADVISED!
[sept. 2010]
AKF FILED CHARGES AGAINST TWO DOG MEAT TRADERS
last September 2 as a result of an operation together
with the Criminal Investigation & Detection
Group-Manila and Channel 2 in Tioco and Capulong,
Tondo, Manila. The raid will be shown on nationwide
TV. The dog trader in Tondo, Manila scalps the dog
instead of burning its fur and skin as the usual
practice by most of the traders. This is so to avoid
producing strong odor from the burnt fur and skin
that can annoy the community as the slaughtering-area
is located right smack within the community. GSQ2010
Where
the wars against dog-meat trading are carried out,
our
AKF personnel in the Philippines
risk their life and limb saving dogs bound for slaughter.
Together with the Philippine National Police (
PNP),
raids on erring establishments are made and seizures
of deliveries, predominantly bound for the northern
parts of the country, are vigilantly done. Months
of research and investigation is involved in a successful
raid, in most cases,
AKF personnel
expose their lives in dangers by pretending to be
interested dog-meat buyers. With confirmed target,
coordination with the police and proper government
agencies are made followed by a buy-bust operation.
Once rescued, the dogs are brought to
AKF’s
Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Capas,
Tarlac, a town that is more than an hour drive from
Manila.
More than 800
live dogs have been delivered to various pounds in
the country since IWCT started and
now keeps more than 300 rescued dogs in our centre.
This number is slowly growing after each successful
operation.
Presently, more than 80 individuals have been arrested
and charged with violation of the Philippine
Animal Welfare Act of 1998 (RA
8485); almost 30 illegal slaughterhouses
and small-scale restaurants have stopped operating.
This is a result of more than 35 operations in the
northern and southern regions of the Philippines.
Significant
coordination and link-ups with proper agencies, private
and government, have also played an important role
in IWCT/AKF‘s
advocacy.
