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By One Eyed View | May 1, 2007
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I just received notice from a fellow animal lover about a practice that I thought didn’t think existed any longer. Raising dogs and killing them for their meat in illegal slaughterhouses.
Yes, you heard me right. This still happens in the Philippines.
The good news is that we can all do our part to help. A group known as Network for Animals are trying to enforce the laws in the Phillipines that outlaw this disgusting practice. Here’s a message from Brian Davies, the founder of Network for Animals as seen on their website:
You see, NETWORK for ANIMALS is tasked with enforcing laws outlawing the slaughter of dogs for human consumption in the Philippines. As you progress through this web site you will see what we have accomplished so far.
What has become clear, however, is that new, strongly punitive laws are needed.
Continuing our unrelenting effort to end appalling suffering we have proposed to the Senate Agricultural Committee an amendment to The Philippine Animal Welfare Act.
Brian with Amber,
a rescued dogThis amendment includes sharply increased fines and jail terms for convicted offenders and, crucially, mandates the confiscation by the government of vehicles used to transport the dogs.
If these vital new laws are passed, first in committee and then by parliament, it will crush the economic viability of an evil business.
But we have run into a political roadblock. Our friends in Manila tell me that we must generate an outcry in support of our proposals both internationally and within the Philippines, before legislators will act.
Generating a massive outpouring of criticism of the weak laws that currently lead to the continuance of one of the most brutal of animal cruelties needs the support of people like you. Individuals who, like me, look at the pictures of suffering animals and really feel their pain.
In another life, as founder of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, I took on the seemingly impossible challenge of ending the annual clubbing of tens-of-thousands of white coated, nursing baby seals in Canada. It took nineteen years but with good and kind people like you by my side we did it. I promise to give the same commitment to the dogs of the Philippines for all the years I have left to me.
For the sake of dogs that shudder with a terrible fear as they await their turn for death in illegal slaughterhouses, I am begging you to support this crusade against cruelty by making a donation at this time. As well, to demonstrate growing international outrage, please email our message to the Philippine ambassadors included in this web site.
Brian Davies
Founder - NETWORK for ANIMALS
Please help support Network for Animals by linking to their site, this post, donating, or sending a message to the Philippine ambassadors included on the Network for Animals website.
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