Dog Fighting/ Animal Cruelty??

Pit bulls to be put down

Tuesday, 03 April, 2012 Written by AP
DOZENS of pit bulls rescued from a dogfighting ring in the Philippines will be put down starting Tuesday by animal welfare activists who say there are no facilities to rehabilitate them and prevent them from again being used in underground arenas.

In three separate raids late Friday, police arrested eight South Koreans suspected of running illegal online gambling operations in which players outside the Philippines bet on dogs fighting at a clandestine compound south of Manila in Laguna province.

Some of the roughly 300 dogs rescued Friday had been rescued from a similar facility in nearby Cavite province in December, said activist Anna Cabrera of the Philippine Animal Welfare Society. She said the dogs were “recycled”—adopted by people who sold them back to the suspects to continue fighting.

“That is a fate worse than death,” she said.

Two of the suspects arrested last week had been apprehended in the December raid but had posted bail, police Chief Inspector Renante Galang said.

Welfare society veterinarian Wilford Almora said many of the pit bulls—purebred and mixed breeds—suffered horrible wounds, including ripped ears and tongues, in previous fights.

He said his group had enough euthanasia drugs to put down 70 dogs, and selected more than a dozen among the most sick, emaciated and aggressive animals to put down first. Some of the dogs were too weak to stand, he said.

Cabrera said it was not possible to care for all the pit bulls that were rescued and it would be irresponsible to give away for adoption the animals that had not properly healed. She said 17 of the most severely injured dogs were put to sleep immediately following Friday’s raid.

More dogs could be euthanized later, depending on how they respond as caretakers try to rehabilitate them.

The dogs had been kept in metal fuel drums and tied to heavy steel chains inside a 2-hectare coffee plantation surrounded by a fence made of corrugated tin.

(Published in the Manila Standard Today newspaper on /2012/April/4)

 

As a responsible dog owner I thought it was interesting when I received the following notice from the Dumaguete City vet’s office.

Be a responsible pet owner
RA9482 or anti Rabies act 2007 and Dumaguete City Ordinance No.21 mandates that owning a pet is a responsibility and pet owners are required to;

A Have a dog submitted to regular/annual vaccinations against rabies.
B Submit dogs for mandatory registration and Licensing.
C Not allowing dog to roam the streets or any public area without leash.
D Provide a dog with adequate care, food, clean water
E Report to concerned government authority, biting incidents/submit dogs for observation as needed and shoulder medical expenses incurred relative to victim’s injuries.

Penalties

A P2,000 fine for refusal to have their dog registered and vaccinated against rabies.
B P10,000 fine for refusal to have their dog observed after having bitten an individual.
C P25,000 fine for refusal to have their dog observed and shoulder medical expenses of bite victim.
D P500 fine per incident that owner refuses to put a leash on dog when brought outside the house or deliberately let dog become stray.

Ron

 

Ron, the author surely wasn't serious!!! Parts C and D? Do they live aborad?? hahah

Take it in the same context this should be taken in:

 

Ya if they could enforce the laws the Government would be very rich.
Ron

 

Ron, Are you assuming the Government is going to get the money from the fines? Or will the dog catcher have the nicest home in town?

 

I agree to all the posts here. These kind of activities are just so brutal and i can't even think how someone could enjoy such a terribly sight.

Dog fights.

I have heard of that, but haven't seen one, and is not planning to. It's just so violent and plus, poor dogs, they don't deserve that. They are mostly held in Luzon, and there have been raids and legal actions done to stop that illegal activity. But here in Duma, nope, the local government don't tolerate such violence. whew.

Horse-fights.

Yeah, these are more "done" than dog-fights, i guess. I heard several stories about horse-fights even back then. They are usually done in fiestas in municipalities. They are also done in the municipalities near my hometown. I've never seen one but what i've heard, they are really brutal, and "mechanics" of the fight are just like the cockfights.

You wanna hear what's sadder? If you try to converse with people from the municipal areas where they practice these kind of animal abuse, it's surprising that they will be kind of enthusiastic sharing the experience of watching it! (first-hand experience in childhood, where my cousins from the country were very thrilled to share me the things they saw! O-o )

Cockfights.

Even this! But i guess everyone has been acquainted with this and have treated this already a "norm". :(
There's even a cockpit here in Duma! Imagine.

But have you ever guys thought about this, uhm, you all think these activities are violent and just terrible to see, but to those posted and all the readers, who among here loves BOXING?
If we pity the animals and we want to stop these kind of violence, but why not boxing? I think that's brutal televised globally! :(

 

Penalties

A P2,000 fine for refusal to have their dog registered and vaccinated against rabies.
B P10,000 fine for refusal to have their dog observed after having bitten an individual.
C P25,000 fine for refusal to have their dog observed and shoulder medical expenses of bite victim.
D P500 fine per incident that owner refuses to put a leash on dog when brought outside the house or deliberately let dog become stray.

yay! What big fines!
Are this sanctions/fines applicable to both locals and foreigners?

If you're a foreigner you should research about this!
Gosh, too big a fine! 25k? That's too much!
I hope i'm wrong, but maybe they're trying to loot money from you guys?
Please be wary!
And i wonder if somebody was really sanctioned to this fine, and where will the money go?
tsk. O-o

 

Who likes boxing ?? I do. I had 23 bouts as a lightweight, then did coaching and corner work. I qualified as a judge and timekeeper which I did for a number of years, and then qualified as a referee which I did for 24 years, the last 5 to international standard. So I can speak on that issue with a little experience. Boxing is man versus man, matched by weight, with no bat, ball or net involved. It is one of the few remaining gladiator sports, and has a strictly defined target area. The ring size was a maximum 20foot by 20foot with just two contestants. Compare that to the area of a rugby pitch which the referee has to cover, has only two assistants and 30 contestants. Bear in mind that boxers wear gloves. A swift uppercut in a rugby scrum can (and does) do far more damage as it is bone on bone. In addition to the referee in the ring, there are 3 ringside judges, and nothing could happen unless the doctor was seated ringside. Before any contest I checked the boxers - existing cuts and bruises, correct gloves, gum shield, crutch protector, no vaseline behind the ears etc. The last thing I did was to ask each boxer if they wanted to box and were boxing by choice. The number one consideration for any boxing referee is to prevent unnecessary punishment being taken by either boxer, i.e. if one is too strong for the other, or if one is not able to defend himself any more. I could stop a contest at any time, could give a standing count ( a breather), and if I called the doctor in to the ring I was duty bound to accept his decision if he decided it should be stopped.

I can see no correlation or connection between humans boxing and animals being goaded unnaturally into fighting, especially horses.

Most importantly, the boxers participate by choice. The animals don't.

 

But if you look on the bigger picture, it is still a form of violence no matter how "safe-guarded" it is, no matter how many doctors you have or judges or referees. The issue here is they fight. Yep, humans can express their consent, while animals normally couldn't. How would they? They don't talk.

Yeah, boxing is a form of profession, just like any other profession only that it involves physical contact through punches and stuff. Still violence. And it's kind of scary seeing thousands of people cheering and being happy if someone has landed a punch to his/her opponent. And they become even wilder when they see their "bet" has bled and/or "destroyed" the face of his/her opponent.

And Philippines has been one of the major fans of boxing, esp. regarding to Pacquiao.
(and i think the only major benefit it has given the country is that, during Pacquiao's fight, that day is almost always crime-free! LOL)

Any event, I don't watch boxing so it doesn't really bother me, only the thought . And i don't have any personal grudge to the boxers, only the act. (LOL, why would i hate them, it's their profession, a very tough and risky one, not everyone can be boxers! Brave of them..)

Anyway, I've been to cockfights myself. (I used to accompany my father, who participates to it and loves chickens so much) And the way the people behaved during a cockfight is just very similar, if not the same, to the people who watch boxing. Cheering for violence. (hoping their bets win! hehe)

But to be honest, i sometimes enjoy cockfight. I mean, this has been also transformed into a form of tradition, almost existent in every region in the country. We have annual cockfight by my clan during reunions. That's the only time i enjoy cockfight. I think it has something to do with personal affiliations too. I think it's also more based in bias, because it was enjoyable because i was with cousins and the family circle, but the only enjoyable thing there for me, is not the fight itself but how they cheer for their bets.

Anyway, you have had an incredible background and must have been great to be able to achieve that and was able to be in your profession's prime. Not everyone can achieve that. Yeah, boxing may be violent (hey, this is just my personal view and opinion, doesn't necessarily mean others have the same thinking as i am) BUT at least you achieved in a field where you enjoy and love doing. That's one of the goals in life. :D

I'll be having my share soon, 10, 20 years from now? hehe.. yeah, exciting. :D
but totally not boxing. lol
i'll be dead meat for sure. haha

 

The hardest thing for me to understand about this big Pit Bull scandal was why only the Koreans were arrested?? Maybe i got it wrong and the Koreans were holding the fights and only other Koreans were betting,, didn't think there were that many Koreans here.. Lucky Juan de la Cruz wasn't involved or we probably wouldn't have even heard about it..:(