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ACTION:End Dog-Meat Trade in the Philippines
Animals  (tags: abuse, abused, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, dogs, cruelty, ethics, humans, killed, killing, pets, protection, sadness, slaughter, society )

Vicky
- 402 days ago - forcechange.com
Nearly 500,000 dogs are killed for meat in the Philippines every year. Interestingly enough, the Animal Welfare Act was put into place in the Philippines in 1998, banning the slaughter of dogs for consumption purposes. However, it is clear that these laws
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Ruth S. (286)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 8:32 am
Signed

It says: Though the eating of dog-meat in the Philippines began as a religious, not a regular, practice.

So then the words of Buddha are not right!?

"The wise harm no one."
Buddha
 

nicole silva (12)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 8:32 am
signed
 

Constance F. (256)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 8:39 am
Signed, thank you !
 

Marlene Dinkins (200)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 8:42 am
its terrible its sad!!!!!!!!!!!!! i signed now and before thnx
 

Vicky P. (345)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 8:56 am
can't imagine it's religious, since Philippines is mostly Christian and Buddhists are mostly vegetarians :/
 

Mandi Rose (201)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 9:02 am
Where's the petition for cow meat in America? I signed, but then again, a dog is no more important than a cow...
 

Yvonne F. (91)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 9:14 am
Gladly signed! Thanks for posting so I could sign!!!! Poor doggies!!
 

Dawn G. (23)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 9:20 am
signed
 

Michela M. (2979)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 9:25 am
S&N
 

Brian M. (126)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 9:36 am
The choice of meats that human omnivores select is largely cultural. Some cultures eat cats, dogs, and horses, yet maintain taboos against eating either beef or pork. Here in the U.S., many people still eat beef and pork, yet are horrified that others think nothing of eating cat, dog, or horse meat. Regulation is largely ineffective in creating change. So long as the traditional cultural preference is for dog meat, many individuals will still choose that familiar flavor irrespective of the illegality of the product.
 

Michele Wilkinson (106)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 9:41 am
Noted and signed.
Thanks
 

Lisa Neste (525)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 9:49 am
Signed, thanks!
 

Megan Beery (18)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 9:57 am
signed
 

Joe R. (157)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 9:58 am
Signed and noted.
 

. (0)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 10:03 am
Signed.
 

Mario A. (58)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 11:30 am
Signed
 

Sandi C. (153)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 11:43 am
signed & noted!
 

Roger M. (0)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 2:06 pm
I signed, but I have to say that, from a vegetarian perspective, the difference between eating dog and, say, sheep is vanishingly small.

It's only a question of cultural background.
 

naomi cohen (114)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 3:23 pm
i agree, roger. as a vegan, i will say that an animal is an animal. a life is a life. this law must be enforced to save the dogs in the phillipines, but all animals labeled 'food' are just as important as any living being. we don't need meat to live, the animals' lives are taken away because of our 'hunger' for them.
 

Lindsey Williams (234)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 3:44 pm
Signed, thanks.
 

John S. (232)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 3:47 pm
Signed and noted.
 

Alison A. (185)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 4:35 pm
Signed and noted, thanks Vicky.
 

Kay M. (301)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 4:47 pm
done
 

aj E. (93)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 5:06 pm
signed
 

Richelle Rausch (43)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 5:13 pm
What can I say but sad, gross and wrong.
 

Gary A L. (106)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 5:43 pm
Signed and noted
 

Suzanne L. (183)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 5:48 pm
S&N. Terrible.
 

Bob P. (347)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 6:45 pm
thanks
 

Agnes N. (731)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 7:37 pm
Thanks Vicky..signed..
 

mary a. (2)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 7:38 pm
sad
 

Chad Anderson (67)
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 8:34 pm
A very sad trade...
 

Victoria P. (177)
Thursday April 12, 2012, 6:12 am
Signed!
 

Danuta Watola (955)
Thursday April 12, 2012, 6:44 am
done
 

Lydia Weissmuller Price (179)
Thursday April 12, 2012, 6:57 am
Sick! Sick! Sick! People should not be abusing or eating ANY animals!
 

Jutta N. (169)
Thursday April 12, 2012, 8:48 am
signed, thank you Vicky. Outrageous!
 

Nancy Roussy (79)
Thursday April 12, 2012, 8:55 am
Signed and noted, thank you!
 

Brenda Towers (0)
Thursday April 12, 2012, 11:20 am
Noted and signed.
 

Regina P. (79)
Thursday April 12, 2012, 7:22 pm
Signed. Thanks
 

Ravi K. (251)
Thursday April 12, 2012, 10:12 pm
Done
 

Trudy Killa (129)
Saturday April 14, 2012, 6:05 pm
As long as a culture believes it is OK to eat certain things, those animals will be on the "hit list". There must be a change in a mind set in order for change to take place. Japan is still whaling, there is still destruction of sharks for soup and dogs & cats will still be viewed as food in some parts of the world. We think nothing of how our farm animals are treated. We are just more horrified because we think of cats & dogs as pets. All animals deserve proper treatment.
 

Rock H. (262)
Saturday April 6, 2013, 4:02 pm
Signed and noted. Thanks Vicky!
 
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