 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.  Snouts
bleeding, some with tongues swollen, due to tin cans
muzzling their mouths; front legs tied behind their
backs; stacked on top of each other in an enclosed
vehicle; gall bladders bursting due to heat and barely
surviving: this is precisely the state of the hapless
dogs during IWCT rescue operations
back in the Philippines. The "lucky" ones
who survive this ordeal for nearly ten hours of being
out on the road are strangled or whacked on the heads
as soon as they arrive in their destinations just
before dawn. Their meats are then delivered in restaurants
and are cooked for breakfast, lunch and dinner and
as hors d'oeuvre during drinking sessions. It has
become part of a minority of Filipino’s daily
diet and is already a multi-million peso trade.
 An
average of 300 dogs are slaughtered for their meat
per day or even more than that since IWCT
came to the Philippines but due to our determined
resolve, that number has considerably dwindled resulting
to some illegal slaughterhouses and makeshift eateries
getting decommissioned.
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.
IWCT/AKF
also conducts dog-vaccinations and anti-rabies programs
in critically considered areas in the Philippines.
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.
 Significant
coordination and link-ups with proper agencies, private
and government, have also played an important role
in IWCT/AKF‘s
advocacy.
 A
PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY! posted
Dec. 31.2008
posted
December 31. 2008
Friends, you
have saved, served and supported us a lot in 2008,
please be there for us in 2009! Together, let us all
work towards the end of the illegal-dog-meat trade
in the Philippines!
There have been
breakthrough laws in 2008, let us see its full implementation
in 2009. The dog-meat traders have dramatically decreased
their illegal activities due to AKF’s swift
and lead effort in enforcing in the mid-year of 2008
the newly activated Anti-Rabies Act of 2007. We are
more hopeful for 2009 and with you being there as
our partners in the advocacy, AKF shall strongly advance
the fight against the illegal-dog meat traders and
put this wicked dog-meat trading to its demise! Together,
let us make this dream happen! Help us end the misery
of our dogs being slaughtered for their meat!
No more to this cruelty!
49 'hot' dogs
rescued in Benguet By Artemio Dumlao Updated December
2008 La Trinidad, Benguet – Local authorities
and animal rights activists rescued 49 dogs after
a raid at an illegal slaughter house in Barangay Alapag
here last week. Members of the police Criminal Investigation
and Detection Group (CIDG), National Meat Inspection
Service (NMIS), and volunteers from the Animal Kingdom
Foundation (AKF) of the United Kingdom and Sweden-based
Animal Protection Network raided the slaughterhouse,
owned by Ador Layno, a known illegal dog trader in
Baguio and La Trinidad. Brando Gegway, AKF’s
Luzon representative, said Layno escaped before the
raiding team arrived. AKF had earlier conducted another
“dog rescue” operations at Layno’s
other slaughterhouse in Barangay Gayasi also in La
Trinidad.
“The battle
won’t end here (rescue of the dogs). We will
run after this dog trader because a criminal case
of violation of Animal Welfare law R.A. 8485 and Anti-Rabies
Law R.A. 9482 was filed against Layno,”
said Gegway. Under the new Anti-Rabies Law or
R.A. 9482 of 2007, Section 11, dog meat traders are
ordered to pay a fine of P5,000 for each of the recovered
dogs and they face imprisonment of one to four years.
Layno’s place was placed under surveillance
after Gegway received information that a slaughterhouse
of dogs is operating in the village. Lou Kockly, a
member of the Animal Protection Network, said: “I
can not just imagine these lovely creatures to be
served in front of any Filipino. These are animals
that want only to give unconditional love to humans,
and they will, if they only have the chance,”
she said.Kockly warned to dog meat eaters that stray
dogs are infected with skin diseases and other disease.Gegway
said dog meat is in demand among residents in the
Cordilleras because of the cold climate.
Gegway further
claimed that the center of the illegal dog trade,
which is raking in millions of pesos, is in Baguio
City and Benguet.
The rescued dogs
were brought to the AKF rescue center at Cub-cub,
Capas in Tarlac for rehabilitation.
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LIST OF OPERATIONS | Operations
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Jan. - present 2007
• 6 Operations initiated
• 218 dogs rescued
• 11 people persecuted
February: 9-Feb-07
Location: Cabanatuan,
Nueva Ecija
Researcher: Brando Gegway
No of Dogs rescued: 2
No of people persecuted: 2
Media Used: GMA 7
February: 13-Feb-07
Location: San Fabian, Pangasinan
Researcher: Brando Gegway
No of Dogs rescued: 7
No of people persecuted: 2
Media Used: GMA 7
February: 22-Feb-07
Location: Mabalacat, Pampanga
Researcher: Greg Quimpo
No of Dogs rescued: 93
No of people persecuted: 2
Media Used: BBC
February: 22-Feb-07
Location: Cabanatuan,
Nueva Ecija
Researcher: Greg Quimpo
No of Dogs rescued: 1
No of people persecuted: 2
Media Used: BBC
March 22-Mar-07
Location: Tuba Benguet
Researcher: Brando Gegway
No of Dogs rescued: 57
No of people persecuted: 1
Media Used: ABS CBN
July
27-Jul-07
Location: Candon, La Union
Researcher: Brando Gegway
No of Dogs rescued: 58
No of people persecuted: 3
Media Used:
Operations:
Jan. - December 2006
• 15 operations
initiated
• 258 dogs rescued
• 33 people prosecuted
January: Jan 20,
2006
Location:
Baguio Public Market
Researcher: Brando Gegway
No of dog meat: 204 kilos
No of People Prosecuted: 3
Media Used: Sunstar,
Midland, Zigzag, ABS-CBN
January : January 27, 2006
Location: Pangasinan
Researcher: Greg Quimpo
No of dogs rescued: 4
Pound: La Union City Pound
No of People Prosecuted: 2
February : February 3, 2006
Location: Rosario, La Union
Researcher:Winston Samaniego
No of dogs rescued: 30
Pound: La Union City Pound
March : March
7, 2006
Location: Naguilian, La Union
Researcher: Winston Samaniego
No of dogs rescued: 5
Pound: La Union City Pound
No of People Prosecuted: 3
March : March
30, 2006
Location: Tabaco, Albay
Researcher: Greg Quimpo
No of dogs rescued: 5
Pound: Legaspi City Pound
No of People Prosecuted: 1
April : April
27, 2006
Location: Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija
Researcher: Brando Gegway
No of dogs rescued: 7
Pound: La Union City Pound
No of People Prosecuted: 3
July : July 6,
2006
Location: Villasis, Pangasinan
Researcher: Greg Quimpo
No of dogs rescued: 8
Pound: AKF Rescue Center
No of People Prosecuted: 2
July : July 16,
2006
Location: Tuguegarao City
Researcher: Brando Gegway
No of dogs rescued: 16
Pound: AKF Rescue Center
No of People Prosecuted: 2
August : August 2006
Location: Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija
Researcher: Brando Gegway
No of dogs rescued: 2
Pound: AKF Rescue Center
No of People Prosecuted: 2
August : August
18, 2006
Location of Apprehension: Rosario, la Union
Researcher: Winston Samaniego
No of dogs rescued: 36
Pound: AKF Rescue Center
No of People Prosecuted: 2
August : August
30, 2006
Location of Apprehension: Tubao, La Union
Researcher: Winston Samaniego
No of dogs rescued: 45
Pound: AKF Rescue Center
No of People Prosecuted: 2
October: October
2006
Location: Baguio Public Market
Researcher: Brando Gegway
No of dog meat: 85 kilos
No of People Prosecuted: 3
Media Used: Sunstar, Midland, Zigzag, ABS-CBN
October : October
18, 2006
Location of Apprehension: La Trinidad, Baguio
Researcher: Brando Gegway
No of dogs rescued: 1 dog/ 86 dead
Pound: Adopted
No of People Prosecuted: 2
November : Nov. 2, 2006
Location of Apprehension:
San Fernando, La Union
Researcher: Winston Samaniego
No of dogs rescued: 30
Pound: AKF Rescue Center
No of People Prosecuted: 2
December : Dec.
2, 2006
Location of Apprehension:
Rosario, La Union
Researcher: Winston Samaniego/Brando Gegway
No of dogs rescued: 73
Pound: AKF Rescue Center
No of People Prosecuted: 2
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