Puppy Mills

Puppy mills suffer from poor oversight, control, and regulation. Ill health, genetic defects and/or negative behavior traits are often overlooked in favor of financial profit. The dogs used for breeding purposes are often insufficiently cared for, inhumanely housed, and lacking adequate veterinary care.

Animal Experimentation

PAWS is opposed to the use of animals in experimentation, and is against the use of products and establishments using animals for experimentation. (Animal Welfare Act Administrative Order No. 40) In the interim, it will work for the enforcement of the Three Rs within industries that still use animals for research:

Reduction – Reducing the number of animals being used for experimentation

Refinement – Ensuring that animals do not feel pain and should be euthanized immediately if they can no longer be rehabilitated

Replacement – Promoting the use of alternative methods of research and dissection (virtual dissection)

Working Animals

PAWS believes that working animals must be treated with consideration and must be given adequate care, shelter, food and water. They must not be overworked or overloaded, nor must they be forced to work through ill-treatment.

Companion Animals

PAWS approves the keeping of companion animals or pets only when there is full personal commitment to the welfare of the animals. The animals must be provided with shelter, exercise, care, food and water appropriate to their physiological and behavioral needs.

We are opposed to all mutilations on companion animals carried out for non-therapeutic reasons (i.e. tail-docking, ear-cropping, declawing).

We believe that spaying or neutering of a companion animal is part and parcel of responsible pet ownership and is crucial to preventing animal homelessness and cruelty.

Greyhound Racing

The profit-motivated industry of greyhound racing deprives dogs of normal social interaction, breeds and kills excessive numbers of dogs in the pursuit of faster animals, and forces dogs into a risky situation that often culminates in catastrophic injury.

Greyhound racing is inherently cruel and will worsen the pet overpopulation problem that the Philippines already faces.

Zoos

PAWS believes that more effort should go into the preservation of these animals’ habitat and creating sanctuaries where the animals can thrive in natural environments.

In the interim, PAWS will work on the improvement of the condition of animals in zoos and constantly remind zoo owners that they have a responsibility to give every animal humane, professional care.