INFO
HISTORY AND CULTURE
Dog meat consumption is a centuries-old practice in several countries in Asia including the Philippines…
HEALTH
The National Meat Inspection Service, publicly stated that dog meat is “dangerous” as it does not go through proper inspection….
Legality
In the year 1998, the Republic Act No. 8485., also known as “The Animal Welfare Act of 1998” was passed to ban the commercialization of dog meat…
ANIMAL CRUELTY
The illegal dog meat trade puts dogs under several forms of abuse and maltreatment. Roughly 40,000 dogs in the Philippines are being traded each year for consumption.