Why Wild Animals Do Not Make Good Pets
Reposted with permission from ACRES http://www.acres.org.sg/wildlifecrime/wildanimals.html Some people think it will be exciting, fun or cool to keep a wild animal as a pet. But we only have to think of the complex environments in which wild animals live – forests, deserts, wide-open spaces, rivers, oceans, to know that we can’t possibly provide for their […]
6-month jail term for Pasay cat killers
Guilty plea speeds up trial, hands legal victory to animal welfare advocatesBy: Dexter Cabalza – Reporter Reposted from: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1005346/6-month-jail-term-for-pasay-cat-killers#ixzz5JprJzYaF A Pasay City court has sentenced four teenagers to six months and one day in jail for clubbing a stray cat to death last year, an offense that was caught on video and caused an uproar among animal welfare advocates. […]
Snoutless but spirited Wacku moves into Oregon home
By: Jhesset O. Enano – Reporter Reposted from Philippine Daily Inquirer LONG WAY FROM NORTHERN SAMAR Wacku gets his first lick of snow in Oregon where he has found an adoptive family, after spending five years in the care of the Philippine Animal Welfare Society, led by Anna Cabrera (right photo). —LIESL WILHARDT/LYN RILLON Call it his third […]
Abandoned pets in Mayon’s danger zone given meals; farm animals evacuated
By: Michael B. Jaucian– Correspondent / @mbjaucianINQInquirer Southern Luzon / 06:05 PM February 04, 2018 GUINOBATAN, Albay — Personnel of the Albay Provincial Veterinary Services – along with Philippine Animal Welfare Society, Humane Society International, and International Fund for Animal Welfare – fed abandoned pets within the declared danger zone around restive Mount Mayon on Sunday. Dr. Florencio […]
Dog and Cat feeding in Albay during Mt. Mayon’s eruption
PAWS volunteers are in Albay with representatives of International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Humane Society International (HSI). On the first day, they visited Barangay Muladbucad, a small barangay in Guinobatan and fed 70 dogs and 1 cat. The team then went to Barangay Manila on the second day and were able to feed […]
A pet blessing, aspins, puspins and Mr. Gizmo
By Kathy Moran (The Philippine Star) | Updated October 10, 2017 MANILA, Philippines — It was my first time, after over 15 years of covering pet blessings, to bring a cat to the event. Being a professed dog-lover for almost 50 years is no secret. And, although I have rescued and taken in over 20 […]
336 pets fixed at the PAWS Annual Spay Day 2017
On February 17, 2017, in celebration of the International Spay Day, PAWS offered free spay and neuter surgeries to dogs and cats of indigent owners on its Annual Spay Day 2017. The registration started earlier than the announced 10:00 AM, as some pet owners arrived and lined up at the PAWS Animal Rehabilitation Center as […]
PAWS sues ‘Oro’ makers for violation of Animal Welfare Act
By Edwin P. Sallan and Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, InterAksyon.com January 11, 2017 · 6:06 pm Making good on its vow to pursue legal action against the makers of the controversial Metro Manila Film Festival entry “Oro,” the Philippine Animal Welfare Society formally filed a complaint with the Office of the Pasig City Prosecutor on Wednesday. The case […]
‘Oro’ director to edit out dog slaughter scene, PAWS vows legal action
By Edwin P. Sallan, InterAksyon.com January 2, 2017 · 7:24 pm Following a closed-door meeting with the Metro Manila Film Festival Executive Committee and representatives of the Philippine Animal Welfare Society, the makers of “Oro” agreed to edit out the controversial dog slaughter scene that caused the outrage of numerous shocked moviegoers. Based on the complaints […]
PAWS calls for better treatment of Intramuros kalesa horses
(philstar.com) | Updated August 18, 2016 – 10:02pm MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Animal Welfare Society has launched a campaign to demand better care for kalesa horses from the Intramuros administration. In a petition, PAWS is asking Bataris organization to the Intramuros Administration and ask it to require kalesa operators to strictly enforce Department of Tourism Rules and […]
