Guest guest Posted April 23, 2004 Report Share Posted April 23, 2004 Hi to all the staff of AAPN ORGANIZATION and to all the Animal Welfare Advocate around the globe. I am Jay B. Tongga, from the Philippines. I'm an animal behaviorist, a professional pet groomer and a dedicated rescuer both to human and animals. My skills in professional pet handling and control pushed me to contribute myself and my time in helping local animal shelter and some animal welfare group to humanely catch stray animals for safekeeping. Philippines is a place where animal welfare is a strange thing. In the metropolis you can still witnessed a dog being slaughtered by steel pipe, smashes it against the head many times. Sick and mange dogs and cats roaming all over the streets are familiar scenario and not to mention the growing number of rabid cases. With all of these problems in a country with a burgeoning human population and masses of urban poor people can still manage to indiscriminately get animals and convert them to table food later, and if not abandoned them because they are no longer cute and cuddly. Philippines has only one animal shelter that admits animals in a conditional basis. Few city pounds that inhumanely treat the dogs in cramped cages although there is a Philippine law, Republic Act 8485 or commonly known as Animal Welfare Act, that encourages government-run pound to humanely treat the animals in their possession but to no avail. And there are also some animal rights group that is being run by elite, socialite and individuals known in the business community. These groups will only be seen in pet related event done in malls where media mileages are abundant but, in a dirty works like picking up mange and sick animals and those who are ran-over by speeding vehicles no more. Complementing efforts to help the growing cases of abused and abandoned animals is my life concern and with a few friends on my sides we dedicated our lives to this great cause. But, in a place where we live our personal income would mean food for our family and kids, modest lives is what most of us dwell. Nobody among us own a personal car or any form of transportation. When we rescue an animal we hire a 3-wheeled motorcycle and we use steel pipe and nylon hook on its end imitating the original catchpoles. Unfortunately, most of the time the animals hurt through the process and sadly sometimes they're almost accidentally killed. We have to catch them by using catchpoles because most of them are aggressive and suspected rabid. Then we put them in large recycled paper boxes because plastic carrier here is very expensive. In this regard, we are appealing to AAPN and to all of your kind supporters to donate us your old or used shelter equipments, as long as its functional its alright with us. Our priorities are catching poles, catching nets, plastic carrier of different sizes, tranquilizer gun, informative reading and video materials concerning animal rights and welfare and the rest its up to you to decide. We are very sorry and very sad that we cannot make any counterpart to our appeal in asking donations from you. Even the freight from point of origin to point of destination, which I think, what donors usually asked from their recipients. We can only give our prayers that the AAPN ORGANIZATION and all the people involved with it will be blessed abundantly. God sees us on what we are doing to His creations and I'm sure He will always be there to find ways for us. We are extending our deepest thanks. GOD SPEED. Jay B. Tongga Best Friends Canine Training, Grooming and Health Care Services Suite 3, 2nd Flr., B-Mart Bldg. 430 Barranca Drive corner Halcon St. Mandaluyong City, Philippines bstfrnds Contact nos. 0927-5614450, 0919-6864545 & (632)4842019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Dear Mr. Tongga, I was very moved and appalled to read about the suffering of animals in the Philippines, in your letter. I am also grateful that there are kind and compassionate people like you who care enough about animals to try to help them even when it's very difficult to do so. I, like you, and many others care deeply about animals and their suffering. I will contact several animals rights organizations which should be aware of the situation of animals in the Philippines and help individuals like you who are struggling all by yourselves to help the stray dog and cats. I suggest you do the same. I truly hope that everyone who reads your letter, either organizations or individuals will try to help your cause in some way, as I will try to help you in any way I can. May God bless you for all that you do for the animals in the Philippines. Sincerely, Patricia Vargas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Friends Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Hi, Jay here. I wrote this article "Asking for your kind help-PHILIPPINES" some 10 years ago. Lots of things change for the past one decade but my dedication towards animal welfare remains the same. I hope people who read that article many years ago will still do the same.Then and again, we still appeal to animal welfare advocate to give and share you support in our cause. Due to unavoidable circumstances we are no longer resides on that address and we also change our contact details. But, the good thing was that verification is no longer a big issue. Just for the benefit of the doubt and to avoid others to think that we are trying to tamper or edit the content of the said article we urged you to visit our social networking sites (and so to speak be one of us). Facebook: Jay B. Tongga Facebook: OneKeiko Canine Twitter: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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