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 […]
Home is where the arf is. Adopt from the PAWS Animal Shelter
By Gaby Gloria (The Philippine Star) | Updated June 10, 2016 – 12:00am MANILA, Philippines – In the summer before my second year of high school, my brother and I became obsessed with catching reruns of Hotel for Dogs on HBO. The concept appealed to us as dog lovers. At the time, we thought the idea of a brother and […]
‘To all the cats we’ve loved before’
By: Erika Sauler @erikasauler Philippine Daily Inquirer On the eve of All Saints’ Day, a special graveyard had its early share of visitors whose expressions of love and yearning transcend species.Pictures of dogs and cats—such as that of “Pochie,” “Miming,” “Jumbo” and over a hundred more—lined a wall inside the animal shelter of the Philippine Animal […]
A howling & meowing Halloween
By Kathy Moran (The Philippine Star) | Updated November 1, 2015 MANILA, Philippines – Scaredy Cats & Dogs,” the Halloween pet costume competition organized by the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), was held at the Fisher Mall Event Center last Oct. 24. For this year, most of the entries were characters from popular movies or […]