Last July 31st, 2011 the Animal Kingdom Foundation, Inc., (AKF) along with the Cordillera police were able to send Demetrio Palawi, Rogelio Miana, Jun Jun Bugayong and Marlon Barte to an one year sentence in prison for illegal slaughter and meat trade of dogs. During their trial hearings, held in Bagiuo, the court found them to be guilty of Republic Act No. 7394 (Consumer Act of the Philippines) and RA 9482 (Anti-Rabies Act of 2007). As of July 20, the four victims were also found to have been transporting 30 dogs, which were already prepared to be slaughtered and sold off for meat-trade.

AKF along with the International Wildlife Coalition Trust (IWCT) help put this case to rest, by advocating awareness for the illegal slaughtering and meat-trade of dogs. Ivy Buenaobra, and AKF educator, spoke to the Inquirer regarding the issue and said, “This shows that the law has teeth. The law is not only [good in] paper but not… in practice. This only proves that we can restore our trust in the justice system.”

This article was paraphrased from The Philippine Daily Inquirer (www.inquirer.net) Click link for source.

Last March 21, 2011, AKF was able to gather information about dogs that were being sent to San Pedro, Laguna, being prepared for slaughter. In collaboration with the Cabugao, Laguna Police, AKF was able to identify the people involved and save these dogs. They were able to find “sixty-seven muzzled and hog-tied” dogs.

After the dogs were rescued, AKF then transferred to their rescue truck bound for the Cabugao, laguna police station. The persons involved in this crime were charged in court, however, no one charged guilty, since they were able to escape during the evening, crossing Laguna Lake.

AKF is now sheltering these rescued dogs in their female dog shelter, wherein some of the dogs have already given birth to liters of puppies.

This article was paraphrased from the news section of the AKF website. Photo is also taken from AKF.