We are calling on the Philippine government to enforce legislation to ban the farming, slaughter, and consumption of dogs. #DogSlaughter for consumption was banned in the Philippines in 1982. This ban was reinforced in 1998 via the #AnimalWelfareAct which prohibits killing dogs for food with minimum penalties set at 1,000 pesos (equivalent to about US$22 at the time) and not less than six months in prison.
The 2007 Anti-Rabies Act, passed in 2007, increased the severity of punishment with minimum fines of 5,000 pesos per dog and not less than one year of imprisonment for participating in the trading of dogs for their meat.
#Laws mean little if they are not enforced. The government of the Philippines has continually done little to protect dogs, enforce the law and bring an end to this horrific and illicit #trade.
Moreover there is a #loophole which states ‘with exemptions for dogs and cats killed and eaten as part of indigenous rituals.’
Animal rights group, '#SayNoToDogMeat' has evidence that shows "ritualistic slaughter #festivals" involving the killing of dogs and cats, where to date a staggering 50,000+ dogs and some 20,000+ cats are said to be killed just in the Philippines alone. In 2019, 'Network for Animals' filmed undercover at two restaurants,
Dogs are intelligent and are regarded as family by many people. They are loyal, loving and have a long history as companion animals for humans.
Dog Meat Trade Cruelty
Dogs captured for the meat trade are often injured during #transport, suffer #dehydration and #exhaustion, and extreme #terror and confusion at their betrayal by humans, before being violently killed.
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