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- ADMISSION / ABANDONMENT: Can PAWS adopt/take my pet? Can I donate my pet to PAWS?
- ANIMAL CONTROL VS ANIMAL WELFARE
- ANIMAL WELFARE LAWS
- BRANCH OF PAWS: Are there other PAWS branches? Sana may PAWS dito!
- CITY POUND: Help! My dog was caught and was taken to the pound. Is this right/legal?
- CRUELTY: Hit-and-Run Case
- CRUELTY: How To Report Animal Cruelty + Calling 117
- CRUELTY: Online photos / videos / links, what can I do about these?
- DOG BITES: Help! I was bitten by a dog. What do I do?
- DONATE: How can I donate to PAWS?
- FOSTER: Temporarily keeping a rescue is one of the most important things a volunteer or concerned citizen can do. What does it take to foster?
- HOARDING AND IRRESPONSIBLE RESCUING
- HUMANE EDUCATION - BARANGAYS / SUBDIVISIONS : Does PAWS give seminars for barangays on animal care, catching of strays, responsible pet ownership?
- HUMANE EDUCATION: School Tours / Student Interviews / School Visits
- NEGLECT: My neighbor is beating their pet. My neighbor is not giving food/water/shelter.
- NEGLECT: Pet shops (Animals are malnourished, not fed, kept in small/cramped cages, etc.)
- NEIGHBOR COMPLAINING ABOUT OUR PETS
- PET SHOPS / PETS FOR SALE: Is it ok to buy from a pet shop? Is it legal to sell animals in the streets?
- REHOMING ASSISTANCE
- RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP
- RESPONSIBLE RESCUING
- SHELTER CLEANING PROGRAM
- SHELTER FEEDING PROGRAM
- SICK PET: Help, my pet is sick. What do I do?
- SPAY/NEUTER: Benefits
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STRAY-RESCUE: What To Do With Rescues and Stray Emergencies
- STRAY-RESCUE: How do I admit this poor puppy/kitten/cat/dog I saw on the streets?
- STRAYS - How to get them off the streets?
- STRAYS: Why are there stray cats and dogs?
- ACTUAL REPORT: Dog with cyst. Need assistance.
- ACTUAL REPORT: Abandoned dog
- ACTUAL REPORT: Run-over stray dog with bone sticking out
- ACTUAL REPORT: Stray dog in bad condition beside hospital
- STRAY/RESCUE: Dog/Cat Stuck In Tree/Roof/Sewer/Creek/Etc
- STRAYS/PETS OUT IN THE RAIN/TYPHOON
- STRAY CATS: Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)
- TNR - How to do community TNR
- VET SERVICES: Does PAWS offer vet services?
- VET MALPRACTICE: My pet died at the vet, I think this is negligence, how can I complain about it?
- VOLUNTEER: How do I become a PAWS volunteer? / I'm not from Manila, how can I volunteer? / Can kids volunteer?
- WHY DO DOGS BITE?
- ABANDONED DOGS, PUPPIES, CATS, KITTENS - Can PAWS rescue them?
- ABANDONED NURSING KITTENS: Help! I found these little kittens and I don't know how to take care of them.
- BABIES AND PETS
- BEHAVIOR AND TRAINING: My dog has biting/aggressive problems, etc? What do I do?
- BOARDING: Can I board my pet at PAWS? Can my pet stay temporarily at PAWS?
- BURIAL/CREMATION: Does PAWS offer these services?
- CONDO DOES NOT ALLOW PETS
- DR. DOG : How can my dog be a part of the Dr. Dog Program?
- EXOTIC PETS: Is it legal to keep exotic animals?
- FOUND PET
- LOST PET: My pet is missing. Can you help me?
- NEW YEAR'S TIPS
- ON DOLPHINS, COCKFIGHTING, ETC.
- PAWS LOGO: Can our group use the PAWS logo for our event that will benefit PAWS? Can I use the PAWS logo for my blog?
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- PREPARING FOR DISASTERS
- 5 Freedoms
ANIMAL CONTROL vs ANIMAL WELFARE
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
(scroll down for Filipino version)
PAWS often receives reports from concerned citizens of the numerous stray dogs and cats running around in their neighborhood, or of the problems they have with the waste (poo/pee) of their neighbors' pets.
Madaming mga aso/pusang gala dito sa amin. Baka makagat kami. Perwisyo sila. Natatakot ako kapag umuuwi galing ng trabaho/school dahil may mga asong gala na naka-pwesto sa kalsada, minsan nanghahabol at tumatahol. Madaming aso/pusa dito, naawa kami. Paki-aksyunan. Paki-rescue. Pakikuha sila. Kanino puwede isumbong? Puwede ninyo i-resuce yung mga kawawang aso sa pound?
PAWS would like to clarify the following:
ANIMAL CONTROL - includes strays, abandoned pets, owned pets allowed to roam freely by their owners in the streets and public areas, problems and complaints about pet waste (pee/poo) and bad odors of pets.
Madaming mga aso/pusang gala dito sa amin. Baka makagat kami. Perwisyo sila. Natatakot ako kapag umuuwi galing ng trabaho/school dahil may mga asong gala na naka-pwesto sa kalsada, minsan nanghahabol at tumatahol. Madaming aso/pusa dito, naawa kami. Paki-aksyunan. Paki-rescue. Pakikuha sila. Kanino puwede isumbong? Puwede ninyo i-resuce yung mga kawawang aso sa pound?
PAWS would like to clarify the following:
ANIMAL CONTROL - includes strays, abandoned pets, owned pets allowed to roam freely by their owners in the streets and public areas, problems and complaints about pet waste (pee/poo) and bad odors of pets.
- Your LGU (local government unit), City Pound or City Vet Office is responsible for animal control concerns and for rounding up strays and free-roaming pets pursuant to RA9482 The Anti Rabies Act in the streets and impounding them in the interest of public health and safety. This is a reactive response to the stray problem. In performing animal control duties, animal welfare principles must still be taken into account -- meaning, all actions towards the animals should be humane and legal according to RA8485 The Animal Welfare Act.
- The city pound is also the only facility that accepts unwanted pets.
- Yes, impounded animals are to be humanely euthanized when unclaimed or not adopted after a holding period of a few days. The pound is not a shelter - the pound is not meant to care for impounded animals long term. The most humane method of euthanasia is through the use of barbiturates after full sedation, administered by S2 licensed vets. Tambucho-gassing and poisoning is not legal and is a violation of the Animal Welfare Act. [Please refer to these links as guide to what is considered humane and otherwise: Methods of Euthanasia of Dogs and Cats]
- If pound does not follow humane treatment of the impounded animals and violates the Animal Welfare Act or uses inhumane methods to euthanize - follow guidelines on HOW TO REPORT ANIMAL CRUELTY
- COMMON QUESTION: WHY DO POUNDS HAVE TO EUTHANIZE?
Holding periods and euthanasia are in place in city pounds because of their limited resources (such as budget and space) to responsibly care for the impounded dogs long term. Technically, it is not the city pound's responsibility or job to temporarily care for an owned pet until the owner finds it convenient to claim his pet. As for the stray dogs, do you know of anyone who has adopted from the pound? Have you adopted from the pound yourself? Let us say, for example, the capacity of the a certain pound is 30 dogs. They catch 5 dogs a week. In less than 2 months, without anyone adopting, the pound would be full. Where would one put the next batch of strays caught the succeeding weeks? And so on? Would it be ok to overcrowd the pound and sacrifice the food rations (considering the budget the city vet has) and allow the dogs to die on their own of starvation or because they're so cramped in the cages that they fight among themselves and sustain fatal injuries? Dying a slow death in the pound because of lack of nutrition and vet care is worse than being euthanized. - What is the solution to strays and preventing them from being impounded and euthanized? RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP and SPAY/NEUTER. There would be no dogs to catch, impound and euthanize if they were not out on the streets in the first place.
ANIMAL WELFARE - refers to the well-being of animals (see 5 Freedoms), tackles cruelty and neglect concerns (includes an animal not being given proper food, water, shelter, vet care), promotes responsible pet ownership, education campaigns and spay/neuter to prevent the problem of strays.
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Strays are often regarded as a random occurrence but many do not realize that the existence of strays is merely the symptom of a larger problem. The symptom/root of the problem is 1) IRRESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP; 2) NOT SPAYING and NOT NEUTERING PETS. Irresponsible pet ownership includes allowing one's pet to leave the home and roam around freely in the streets and public areas.
Most well-meaning people tend to address the symptom by being reactive: by rescuing or asking strays to be rescued, attempting to put these strays in a shelter or put up a shelter, calling for adopters for pound dogs. As noble as the intentions are, rescuing and sheltering are short-term remedies but these do not address the root cause so it will always be a recurrent problem.
While PAWS runs a limited-admission shelter (PAWS Animal Rehab Center- PARC), PAWS does not seek to address the stray problem solely through its shelter. PAWS exerts efforts in addressing the root of the problem by taking preventive measures. HOW? Through EDUCATION and AWARENESS. Through our humane education/responsible pet ownership campaigns and seminars and promoting and conducting SPAY/NEUTER programs. Animal Welfare takes preventive steps to curb the problem of strays. Incidentally, many are under the mistaken impression that PAWS is the organization to call on for strays or unwanted pets. To clarify, we do not accept pets for relinquishments (accepting pet surrenders is essentially condoning pet abandonment and irresponsible ownership) while for reports of strays in need of assistance - we offer medical assistance at our clinic as long as the reporters/good Samaritans offer to foster or find fosterers for the animals they report. PARC is actually a limited-admission shelter primarily for animals rescued from neglect and cruelty that are subjects of criminal charges filed against offenders through the help of witness affidavits.
We are not aware of any local animal welfare group who has announced that they can "take in all strays" or that they can "take in all strays in need of help". In truth, all strays are in need of help at one point or another - food, shelter, medical care. If you are aware of such group, please let us know so we can refer cases to them.
For those with reports about strays within the subdivision or barangay, what PAWS can offer -and that is if you are willing to propose to and coordinate with the head of your homeowners association is :
*** Stray dogs cannot be TNR because dogs are not allowed to be straying in the streets and public areas under RA9482 The Anti Rabies Act.
RELATED TOPICS:
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Strays are often regarded as a random occurrence but many do not realize that the existence of strays is merely the symptom of a larger problem. The symptom/root of the problem is 1) IRRESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP; 2) NOT SPAYING and NOT NEUTERING PETS. Irresponsible pet ownership includes allowing one's pet to leave the home and roam around freely in the streets and public areas.
Most well-meaning people tend to address the symptom by being reactive: by rescuing or asking strays to be rescued, attempting to put these strays in a shelter or put up a shelter, calling for adopters for pound dogs. As noble as the intentions are, rescuing and sheltering are short-term remedies but these do not address the root cause so it will always be a recurrent problem.
While PAWS runs a limited-admission shelter (PAWS Animal Rehab Center- PARC), PAWS does not seek to address the stray problem solely through its shelter. PAWS exerts efforts in addressing the root of the problem by taking preventive measures. HOW? Through EDUCATION and AWARENESS. Through our humane education/responsible pet ownership campaigns and seminars and promoting and conducting SPAY/NEUTER programs. Animal Welfare takes preventive steps to curb the problem of strays. Incidentally, many are under the mistaken impression that PAWS is the organization to call on for strays or unwanted pets. To clarify, we do not accept pets for relinquishments (accepting pet surrenders is essentially condoning pet abandonment and irresponsible ownership) while for reports of strays in need of assistance - we offer medical assistance at our clinic as long as the reporters/good Samaritans offer to foster or find fosterers for the animals they report. PARC is actually a limited-admission shelter primarily for animals rescued from neglect and cruelty that are subjects of criminal charges filed against offenders through the help of witness affidavits.
We are not aware of any local animal welfare group who has announced that they can "take in all strays" or that they can "take in all strays in need of help". In truth, all strays are in need of help at one point or another - food, shelter, medical care. If you are aware of such group, please let us know so we can refer cases to them.
For those with reports about strays within the subdivision or barangay, what PAWS can offer -and that is if you are willing to propose to and coordinate with the head of your homeowners association is :
- seminar on humane education and responsible pet ownership or animal care for residents and barangay officials
(Read: Does PAWS conduct lectures/animal care seminars on Barangays and Subdivisions? for requirements) - For stray cats -- TNR Program (Trap-Neuter-Release) - this requires a signed agreement between the community head and PAWS and the cooperation of community residents
(Read: What is TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) and how can it help control the stray cat population in your community? for info on how to coordinate TNR)
*** Stray dogs cannot be TNR because dogs are not allowed to be straying in the streets and public areas under RA9482 The Anti Rabies Act.
RELATED TOPICS:
- Who can get strays or abandoned dogs/cats off the streets?
- How can I help this Stray I saw on the Streets
- Does PAWS adopt cats and dogs?
(Nag aampon ba ng pusa at aso ang PAWS? - Pinakain ko lang ang isa o dalawang pusa sa bahay, ngayon dumami na sila at inirereklamo na kami ng kapitbahay namin. Ano ang gagawin ko?"
Maraming pusa sa bahay/garahe/garden/bakuran/condo/office namin. Hindi namin sila pusa. Ano ang pwede naming gawin para mawala sila? - My dog (or my neighbor's dog) was caught and was taken to the pound! Is this legal? What do I do?
- Can PAWS conduct a Spay/Neuter and Humane Education Outreach Program in our location?
(Sana magkaroon din ng LIBRENG KAPON sa probinsya / barangay namin)
WALANG ASO AT PUSANG GALA, AT WALANG KAILANGAN HULIHIN/ILAGAY SA POUND AT I-EUTHANIZE
KUNG WALANG MAY-ARI NA PABAYA.
FILIPINO VERSION
Ang stray population problem sa isang neighborhood o subdivision at ang problema sa amoy o dumi ng hayop ng kapitbahay o ng mga galang hayop ay ANIMAL CONTROL concern imbes na ANIMAL WELFARE concern. Magkaiba ito subalit sa pagsasagawa ng ANIMAL CONTROL measures - kailangang nahahanay pa rin ito sa prinsipyo ng ANIMAL WELFARE - kailangang humane at legal.
Dalawang uri ng animal control - PREVENTIVE at REACTIVE.
ANIMAL CONTROL (REACTIVE) - gawan ng paraan malutas ang problema na andyan na: tulad ng mga aso't pusang gala, mga inabandonang hayop, mga alagang aso na pinapakawalan sa labas ng bahay para gumala o dumumi sa kalsada.
- Ang pagkolekta, pag-impound at pag-euthanize ng galang aso at pusa na nasa lansangan (pati mga inabandonang hayop o alaga na sinurrender) na ginagawa ng animal control facilities o city pounds ay isang REACTIVE FORM of ANIMAL CONTROL. Ito ay responsibilidad ng LGU (local government unit), City Pound at City Vet Office. May batas RA9482 The Anti Rabies Act na nagbabawal sa mga aso (mayroong may-ari man o wala) sa labas, sa publikong lugar, kahit sa kalye lang sa labas ng bahay. Maaari silang hulihin at ilagak sa pound para sa kalusugan at kapakanan ng mga mamamayan.
- Ang paghuli, pagtrato sa mga nahuling aso, at pagpatay sa kanila through euthanasia ay dapat humane at sumusunod sa batas RA8485 The Animal Welfare Act. Ang batayan dapat ng allowed forms of euthanasia ay mga paraan lamang na nagdudulot ng agad-agarang pagkawalang malay (rapid loss of consciousness) at hindi na ito mararamdaman ang sakit (inability to feel immediate pain). Ang kino-consider na pinaka- humane na paraan ng euthanasia ng PAWS at iba pang mga humane societies at animal welfare groups ay sa pamamagitan ng barbiturate injection after full sedation. Labag po sa batas ang tambucho-gassing at paglason bilang pamaraan ng euthanasia. [Paki-click ang link para malaman kung ano ang kinokonsider na humane o hinde: Methods of Euthanasia of Dogs and Cats]
- Kung hindi humane ang pagtrato ng pound sa mga hayop, sundin ang mga guidelines ng HOW TO REPORT ANIMAL CRUELTY
- TANONG: BAKIT KAILANGAN I-EUTHANIZE ANG MGA HAYOP SA POUND?
Ang pound ay hindi shelter na handang mag-alaga ng aso ng matagalan. Ang pound ay may maliit na budget lamang. Isipin: Ilan ang maximum capacity ng pound? Halimbawa 30. Kung nanghuhuli sila ng 5 kada linggo, sa ilang buwan lang ay puno na ang pound. Saan ilalagay ang mga bagong nahuli habang walang umaampon sa 30? Paano yung mga susunod na huhulihin? Makatarungan at humane bang isiksik ang isang daan at sesentang aso sa mga selda na sadyang pang-trentang aso lang? - Walang asong kailangan hulihin, ilagak sa pound at patayin through euthanasia kung walang may-aring pabaya at kung nagkakapon sila ng mga alaga.
ANIMAL WELFARE (PREVENTIVE) - paglutas sa problema sa pamamagitan ng pag-iwas/pagsupil sa ugat ng magiging problema bago pa ito mangyari o lumaganap. Ito ay isinusulong ng mga ANIMAL WELFARE groups sa pamamagitan ng EDUCATION at SPAY/NEUTER o PAGKAKAPON.
Ang suliranin ng galang hayop na nasa kalsada na ay tungkuling sakop ng inyong city pound. Sa aming pagkakaalam, walang animal welfare group ang naghahayag na sila ang aako sa tungkuling tanggapin lahat ng strays o kahit "all strays in need of help" dahil kung tutuusin, lahat ng strays ay nangangailangan ng tulong - pagkain, tirahan, medical treatment.
Kadalasan ang pagtingin sa stray population ay basta na lang isang problema na sadyang andyan na. Hindi nauunawaan ng marami na ito ay isa lamang sintomas ng mas malaking problema. IRRESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP at ang HINDI PAGKAPON SA MGA ALAGANG HAYOP.
Madalas ang mga nagmamagandang loob ay naiisip rin na solusyon ay REACTIVE - ang pagtugon sa sintomas imbes na ugat ng problema (ire-rescue, ipapa-rescue, ipapalagak sa shelter o magbabalak magtayo ng shelter, ang paghahanap ng adopters para sa mga pound dogs). Hindi nakatuon ang efforts sa pagsupil sa problema sa ugat nito --- yun ay kung bakit nagkakaroon ng mga galang hayop. Maganda man ang hangarin, ang RESCUING at SHELTERING ay hamak na short-term remedies lang at hindi natutugunan ang ugat ng suliranin kaya't patuloy lang ang pagdami ng galang hayop at hindi ito mawawala.
Bagamat mayroong limited-admission shelter ang PAWS (PAWS Animal Rehab Center- PARC), ang stray problem ay hindi nalulutas ng pagkakaroon ng shelter. Kaya't ang sinisikap ng PAWS na tugunan ay ang ugat ng problema (IRRESPONSIBLE OWNERSHIP at HINDI PAGKAPON) sa pamamagitan ng EDUCATION and AWARENESS efforts tulad ng humane education/responsible pet ownership campaigns at seminars at ang pagsulong at pagsagawa ng SPAY/NEUTER programs.
Paalala: Marami pa rin po ang nag-aakala na ang PAWS ang tatawagan kapag may strays o unwanted pets. Iwawasto lang namin ang maling paniniwalang ito. Hindi po tumatanggap ng pet surrenders ang PAWS (ang pagtanggap sa mga owned pets na ayaw na o hindi na kayang alagaan ng may-ari ay para na ring pagkunsinti sa pet abandonment at responsible ownership na taliwas sa aming advocacy - RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP, A PET IS A LIFETIME COMMITMENT.) Sa reports tungkol sa mga strays in need of assistance - nag-o-offer ang PAWS ng medical assistance sa aming clinic basta't ang reporters/good Samaritans ay payag rin mag foster (pansamantalang pag-kupkop) o maghanap ng fosterers para sa hayop na kanilang nirereport. Ang PARC ay isang limited-admission shelter para sa hayop na ugnay sa criminal charges na sinampa laban offenders sa tulong ng witness affidavits nung nagreport/nakasaksi/may alam tungkol sa neglect o cruelty.
Tungkol sa stray problem ninyo sa subdivision, ang maitutulong ng PAWS ay (kung willing kayo mag-propose nito at makipag-ugnayan sa head ng inyong Homeowners Association):
- seminar on humane education and responsible pet ownership or animal care for residents and barangay officials
(Read: Does PAWS conduct lectures/animal care seminars on Barangays and Subdivisions? for requirements) - For stray cats -- TNR Program (Trap-Neuter-Release) - this requires a signed agreement between the community head and PAWS and the cooperation of community residents
(Read: What is TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) and how can it help control the stray cat population in your community? for info on how to coordinate TNR
*** Hindi puwede i-TNR ang mga galang aso dahil bawal po ang mga galang aso ayon sa ating batas.