July 29, 2008 Categories: Asean+
MANILA: Six market retailers, arrested earlier yesterday in a raid at the Baguio City public market for selling slaughtered dogs, were charged for violating the Anti- Rabies Law, reported Sun Star Network Online.
The suspects could be imprisoned to a maximum of four years in jail and a penalty of 5,000 peso (RM 369), the news portal said.
Police seized a total of 258 kg of butchered dogs yesterday which were brought to the National Meat Inspection Service-Cordillera regional office for governmentapproved disposal.
"It is the first time in the country we are implementing the Philippine Anti-Rabies Law (Republic Act 9482) which has stiffer penalties," said London-based Animal Kingdom Foundation-Luzon senior investigative researcher Brando Gegway.
"Compared with the Animal Welfare law, or RA 8485, this new law imposes stiffer penalties under Section 11 which states all persons found guilty of trading dog meat will be fined 5,000 peso per dog and imprisoned for one to four years," he said.
Gegway was also quoted as saying that the raid was meant to test the new law's "sharpened teeth", taunting the Animal Welfare Act (RA 8485) kid gloves treatment on apprehensions.
A violator only pays 1,000 peso under the old law and no more than 6,000 peso per offence and not per dog seized, Sun Star said, quoting Gegway.
This article was taken from: The Malay Mail: Asean+ 29 July 2008
MANILA: Six market retailers, arrested earlier yesterday in a raid at the Baguio City public market for selling slaughtered dogs, were charged for violating the Anti- Rabies Law, reported Sun Star Network Online.
The suspects could be imprisoned to a maximum of four years in jail and a penalty of 5,000 peso (RM 369), the news portal said.
Police seized a total of 258 kg of butchered dogs yesterday which were brought to the National Meat Inspection Service-Cordillera regional office for governmentapproved disposal.
"It is the first time in the country we are implementing the Philippine Anti-Rabies Law (Republic Act 9482) which has stiffer penalties," said London-based Animal Kingdom Foundation-Luzon senior investigative researcher Brando Gegway.
"Compared with the Animal Welfare law, or RA 8485, this new law imposes stiffer penalties under Section 11 which states all persons found guilty of trading dog meat will be fined 5,000 peso per dog and imprisoned for one to four years," he said.
Gegway was also quoted as saying that the raid was meant to test the new law's "sharpened teeth", taunting the Animal Welfare Act (RA 8485) kid gloves treatment on apprehensions.
A violator only pays 1,000 peso under the old law and no more than 6,000 peso per offence and not per dog seized, Sun Star said, quoting Gegway.
This article was taken from: The Malay Mail: Asean+ 29 July 2008
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