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ACT/ No More Dogs For Dinner In The Philippines KINSHIP CIRCLE PRIMARY - PERMISSION TO CROSS-POST AS WRITTEN 11/8/07: No More Dogs For Dinner In The Philippines KINSHIP CIRCLE ACTION CAMPAIGN http://www.KinshipCircle.org PHOTO: Sirius Global Animal Organisation, http://sirius.2kat.net/ Dogs crushed in small cages can barely breathe during the journey to illegal slaughterhouses in the Philippines. SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Help Stop The Philippines' Illegal Dog Meat Trade: https://community.hsus.org/campaign/hsi_stop_dog_meat_trade/wgg6gsd4f877den? VIDEO: https://community.hsus.org/humane/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=14752672 DogMeatTrade.com: http://www.dogmeattrade.com/ Republic of the Philippines Government Officials / Contact Information: http://www.op.gov.ph/profiles_yapDA.asp PETITION: Save Dogs from the DOG MEAT Trade: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/879609320 =========================================================== EMAIL CONTACTS + POSTAL ADDRESSES/PHONES * SAMPLE LETTER FOLLOWS Kinship Circle does not guarantee all email addresses will work. Some may be disabled due to this campaign. Try them again later. =========================================================== ALL EMAILS IN THIS ALERT: erermita, ops_edp, sec.yap, usecparas, osec, ftduque, bfad, aapadilla,

mmgalon, jfdelmundo, webmaster, embassyofphilippines, info, consulars, berlinpe COMPLETE CONTACT INFORMATION: H.E. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines Malacanang Palace, JP Laurel Street San Miguel Manila NCR 1005 web email for President: http://www.op.gov.ph/contact.asp Office of the Executive Secretary: erermita Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesperson: ops_edp The Honorable Arthur Cua Yap Republic of the Philippines, Department of Agriculture Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City email: sec.yap, usecparas web email (Contact Us): http://www.da.gov.ph/ The Honorable Jose Livioko

Atienza Jr. Department of Environment & Natural Resources email: osec * website: http://www.denr.gov.ph/ The Honorable Francisco T. Duque III Republic of the Philippines, Department Of Health San Lazaro Compound * Sta. Cruz, Manila email: ftduque, bfad, aapadilla, mmgalon, jfdelmundo website: http://www.doh.gov.ph Baguio City Hall 2600 Baguio City, Philippines email: webmaster CANADA His Excellency Ambassador Jose S. Brillantes Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines 130 Albert Street, Suite 606 * Ottawa, Ontario KIP 5G4 ph: 613-233-1121 * fax: 613-233-4165 * email: embassyofphilippines UNITED STATES His Excellency Ambassador Albert F. Del Rosario Embassy of

the Republic of the Philippines 1600 Massachusetts Avenue N.W. * Washington, DC 20036 USA ph: 202-467-9300 * fax: 202-466-6288 * email: info website: http://www.philippineembassy-usa.org UNITED KINGDOM His Excellency Ambassador Edgardo B. Espiritu Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines 9a Palace Green * London W8 4QE ph: 0207 361 4621 * fax: 0207 937 2925 * email: consulars website: http://www.philemb.org.uk GERMANY Her Excellency Ambassador Minerva Jean A. Falcon Uhlandstrasse 97 * 10715 Berlin ph: (+49-30) 864-9500 * fax: (+49-30) 873-2551 * email: berlinpe website: http://www.philippine-embassy.de PHILIPPINES EMBASSIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES:

http://www.asia-planet.net/philippines/embassies.htm =========================================================== SAMPLE LETTER Sample letters are prepared to give you ample background on an issue. Try to change some words, pare down letters, and make them your own. **DELETE ALL REFERENCES TO KINSHIP CIRCLE BEFORE SENDING** =========================================================== Honorable Officials of Republic of the Philippines: I commend Congress and President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for enacting the Anti-Rabies Act of 2007, with language to ban commerce in dog meat and prevent rabies through required dog vaccination.

The new law surpasses Republic Act 8845 of 1998, with steeper fines and a one to four year jail sentence for each dog slaughtered or sold for meat. It also increases fines for caretakers who neglect to inoculate dogs against rabies or let animals roam unsupervised. Please strengthen funding for police training, provisional shelters, and public humane education. As you know, the Anti-Rabies Law of 2007 is a "paper law" only -- without proper financing and enforcement. I am worried about illicit dog meat markets in northern regions in and near Baguio City, where residents eat some 200 dogs daily. According to Humane Society International, 500,000 dogs are annually butchered for food in the Philippines, despite the 1998 ban in RA 8845. While the new law inflates fines and jail terms, these advances are irrelevant without police officers trained to investigate and arrest offenders. The law cannot be fulfilled

without firm prosecution and punishment of violators. Most Filipinos shun dog consumption, but profiteers of this gruesome trade can always find a market for dog meat. Publicized videos have revealed dogs squashed inside wire cages in the suffocating heat. To supply dog meat eateries around Baguio City and the Cordilleras region, strays and former pets are captured or stolen and trucked from as far away as the southern Tagalog provinces, Visayas, and Mindanao. Roughly half the dogs perish from starvation and dehydration during the journey. Survivors wind up in illegitimate slaughterhouses where workers wrench them from cages with looped poles and smash their skulls. The dogs' mouths are bound with plastic cord as butchers slice their throats at the jugular vein. Expelled blood is bottled and sold. The dogs are then tossed over fires to strip away fur. Some regain consciousness. Finally, their bodies

are dismembered for distribution to restaurants and public wet markets. I respectfully ask officials to work within their area of command to uphold the new law and permanently end the slaughter and sale of dogs for consumption. I object to all egregious cruelty to animals killed for human ingestion, including the merciless treatment of pigs, cows, chickens, turkeys, sheep and other farmed animals around the world. All sentient creatures feel pain, misery and fear -- regardless of their intelligence. The Philippines can ease a piece of animal suffering with the termination of its dog meat trade. Thank you, ************************************************************************************************** ************************************************************************************************** GET COOL CLOTHES - http://www.kinshipcircle.org/store/ Kinship Circle is a nonprofit organization serving the animal advocacy community. Donations fund the literature, website, research/campaigns, educational outreach, and animal disaster aid networking -- that let YOU take action for animals. DONATE: http://www.kinshipcircle.org/donation/ BEAR WITNESS. SPEAK. DEMAND. ACT. Action Campaigns I Literature I Voice For Animals nonprofit advocacy: anti-cruelty campaigns + animal disaster relief efforts info or kinshipcircle http://www.KinshipCircle.org * http://www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/ *************************************************************************************************** UNSUBSCRIBE: * NEVER USE YOUR JUNK FILTER. Don’t ruin KC list for others! * Select a Kinship Circle ALERT received in your mailbox. * Hit “FORWARD” * Enter kinshipcircle and send. [Type UNSUBSCRIBE in your subject line]. * Make sure the “To” line from our original alert is in your email, LIKE THIS: Kinship Circle Monday, April 10, 2006 11:34 AM 7. KINSHIP CIRLE LETTER/ Costco Brings Back Baby Seal Oil Capsules *************************************************************************************************** SUBSCRIBE: 1. Kinship Circle Primary: Action campaigns on animal cruelty issues worldwide TELL US: SUBSCRIBE TO KINSHIP CIRCLE PRIMARY 2. Kinship Circle Animal Disaster Relief: kinshipcircle Animal rescue coordination/news in disasters + companion animal alerts TELL US: SUBSCRIBE TO KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER RELIEF IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF

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