The Animal Welfare Act (RA 8485 as amended by RA10631) SECTION 1. It is the purpose of this Act to protect and promote the welfare of all terrestrial, aquatic and marine animals in the Philippines by supervising and regulating the establishment and operations of all facilities utilized for breeding, maintaining, keeping, treating or training of all […]
ABC is better than culling The World Health Organization (WHO) has long recognized that mass destruction of street dogs is an ineffective method of controlling dog populations. Culling is ineffective in the long term as the remaining individuals who escaped the culling will eventually repopulate the area. Culling is also a debated method of animal control […]
The Tagbilaran City Pound is a heartbreaking place. Dogs caught from various parts of the city are impounded here for three to five days until they are killed by the City Veterinarian. During this time, the dogs are not given food, water or medical attention. This is where we come in. We provide food and […]
The BARK shelter was started in June 2014 as a safe refuge for dogs rescued from abuse, abandonment and injury. Our no-kill free-range shelter is a happy haven for dogs of all ages. We have over 80 dogs at our shelter of which many are puppies, four crippled and two suffering from cancer. This number […]
Dogs of Alona was started for the dogs that live on and around Alona Beach, Panglao, in September 2016. By December 2016, we had achieved stray population stasis by spaying all the female dogs on the beach. Since then, we have expanded the project to some areas of Barangay Bolod, Barangay Danao, and Dumaluan Beach. […]
