First Post

(April 3)

 First Post (Logo): April 03, 2023 (Caption) (Alone)

o Caption

“King SIWALA mamayani ing lugud at malasakit, kamalayan at pagunawa

kekatamung atamasa”

Amidst the never-ending violence, maltreatment and inadequate assistance over

domesticated or stray animals, we are empowered to take action and make a difference
in society. Project SIWALA is your ally in combatting animal cruelty, providing
information and raising awareness toward sustainable welfare and humane treatment
of animals.

Brace yourselves to witness positive change and transformation, strengthening the

welfare, dignity, rights, and freedom of all living creatures; striving to preserve the
environment and make it a better place for all lifeforms.

We fight until it happens!

#ProjectSIWALA
#RaiseAwareness
#Change&Transformation
#FightAgainstAnimalCruelty

• Fourth Post (Cases of Animal Cruelty): (Content) (Alone)

o What is animal cruelty?

Animal cruelty is defined as the negligence to provide proper physical and

psychological welfare to animals by depriving them of sufficient habitation,
nourishment, and general attention. It is also irresponsible behavior that frequently
involves maltreatment, brutality, torture, and exploitation.

Animal cruelty often occurs in various circumstances that affect a wide range of
victims; it can be animal abuse or neglect, both of which are current and relevant in
modern society, or it can entail intentionally harming or failing to meet and fulfill
the needs of animals.

o Cases of Animal Cruelty in the world

According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,

approximately 6.5 million animals enter animal shelters yearly, only 3.2 million are
adopted, and over 1.5 million are euthanized.

According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, over 115 million animals
are used in scientific trials or laboratory experiments for testing and research
worldwide.
 According to Last Chance for Animals, about 97% of all abused and killed animals
yearly are farm animals utilized to generate products such as eggs, milk, meat, and
leather to maximize profit.
Laybourne, A. (2023, March 27). The Ugly Truth: 50 Eye-Opening
Animal Cruelty
Statistics!!! WAF. https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/ani
mal-cruelty-statistics/

o Cases in the Philippines

According to the Philippines Animal Welfare Society, twelve million stray dogs and
cats roamed the country in 2019, with an average of 200 dogs put to death in every
city pound each month due to starvation, illnesses, or people killing them.

According to the Philippine Animal Welfare Organization (PAWS), animal abuse

increased during the Covid-19 outbreak. The government and animal rights
activists are struggling with the current situation, reporting that they receive 80-100
animal cruelty complaints each day, up from 40-50 incidents documented before the
pandemic.

Furthermore, in 2020, PAWS member Maricel Polido filed a case against

veterinarians in Manila who allowed 60 cats to be crammed into a 2-foot-by-3-foot
cage, subjecting them to starvation.

Dimaano, A. A. (2022, October 7). RITM and Fumiya Sankai envision a no free-
roaming dog PH. Research Institute for Tropical
Medicine. https://ritm.gov.ph/nostraydogph/

Calleja, J. P. (2022, October 3). Filipino Catholics lobby for animal rights. ucanews.com.
https://www.ucanews.com/news/filipino-catholics-lobby-for-animal-rights/98964

o Cases in Angeles

According to the Animal Kingdom Foundation, in 2021, animals were irresponsibly

left behind and found in an abandoned building suffering from hunger,
dehydration, and insufficient attention.

In the same year, a poor dog was set to be slaughtered in Cutucud, Angeles,
Pampanga. The dog was saved when barangay authorities proactively joined the
urgent rescue mission.

Furthermore, in 2022, a dog with a huge lump hanging down her skin is enduring
severe pain and discomfort due to a car accident she got involved in years before.
This dog's owner let her suffer, but after multiple concerned individuals reported
the happening, officials rescued and rehabilitated the animal.

Hapless animals left behind. (2021, April). Animal Welfare

Foundation. https://www.facebook.com/AKFanimalrescue/posts/pfbid0Mmbx8A
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Poor dog was to be butchered. (2021, December 26). Animal Welfare

Foundation. https://www.facebook.com/AKFanimalrescue/photos/pcb.201
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Rescued today in Pampanga. (2022, March 28). Animal Welfare

Foundation. https://www.facebook.com/AKFanimalrescue/photos/pcb.208
7142124793790/2087137974794205/?
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 Fourth Post (Cases of Animal Cruelty): (Caption) (Alone)

What is animal cruelty, and how rampant is it in today's modern world?

Animal cruelty encompasses various cases of abuse, from failing to provide vital
care to intentionally killing or torturing animals. Each country defines animal
cruelty differently, Each country defines animal cruelty differently, covering
criminal actions and animal rights violations.

Thus, to advocate and fight for animal welfare standards across the world, we must
first recognize and educate ourselves on the factors that contribute to the problem,
its prevalence, and all cases of animal cruelty. With this, we can generate distinctive
 analytic questions, effective responses, essential interventions, and suitable solutions
to eradicate and abolish any form of animal abuse and exploitation.

Project SIWALA strives to increase public awareness that animals are vulnerable,
sensitive, and intellectual beings who deserve to be treated with kindness, dignity,
and respect. These cases of animal cruelty may serve as a wake-up call to the vitality
and significance of taking immediate action to reduce the rate of animal fatalities
caused by neglect and violence.

#ProjectSIWALA
#EducateOurselves
#NoToNeglectAndViolence
#FightForAnimalWelfare

 Seventh Post (Ways to show Animal Welfare): (Caption)(Alone)

o How to show animal welfare (different actions)

How can we promote animal welfare?

“Every single action can contribute to animal salvation.”

Project SIWALA envisions a world free from suffering and violence for animals.
Thus, as members of the community, let us embrace our capabilities and power to
make an effort and contribute to transformation toward improving and
strengthening animal welfare. We must awaken our minds and hearts and carry out
necessary actions to show adequate love, care, and attention; we must be the
epitome of righteousness, compassion, and generosity.

United as one, let us cooperate and collaborate in following these presented ways
and approaches to boost animal welfare in the community leading to a brighter and
promising tomorrow. We must serve as a voice and pillar of strength to guarantee
that animals will have the capacity to experience a happy and healthy existence with
harmony and peace in their environment. With every single step, we can make the
world a better and safer place for all living creatures.

“In the middle of darkness, let us serve as a light to achieve greatness.”

 Eight Post (Promoting Organizations that Advocate for Animal Welfare): (Content)(w/
Daniel)
o Organizations that help and promote animal welfare (local, national, international)
National
 The Philippine Animal Welfare Society
Philippine Animal Welfare Society is a non-profit organization founded in 1954 with the
mission of reducing animal cruelty through education, animal sheltering, and advocacy.
It is dedicated to solve the problem at its root to safeguard and promote the humane
 treatment of all animals. It takes a firm stand on animal welfare issues and works to
improve laws to guarantee the safety of all living creatures. It condemns activities in
which people encourage, permit, or induce animals to battle, such as dogfighting,
cockfighting, and bullfighting, which promote violence for monetary gain, amusement,
or other causes. It also advocates for farm animals to be provided with appropriate
shelter, exercise, food, water, and care based on their physiological and behavioral
needs. Moreover, PAWS is committed to reducing the prevalence of stray or abandoned
animals by educating the public on the need to provide care, love, and attention to
animals by keeping them at home.

Sniper, C. (2023, January 2). The Philippine Animal Welfare Society • PAWS. The

Philippine Animal Welfare Society. https://paws.org.ph/

 Philippine Society for the Prevention of Animal Cruelty

Philippine Society for the Prevention of Animal Cruelty is a non-profit organization

providing animal services such as checkups, laboratory tests, vaccinations, major and
minor surgeries, and neutering. Its fundamental goal is to ensure that animal cruelty or
animal protection laws in the Philippines are being implemented and to take all possible
action to alleviate animal suffering, promote animal welfare, and educate the public
through lectures on responsible pet ownership. It also aims to provide shelter for stray,
unwanted and abandoned animals and administer regular mass-free anti-rabies
vaccinations in communities in barangays and public schools, mostly in impoverished
regions, to guarantee animal health. Moreover advocates against dog eating and dog
trading and offers internship opportunities to graduate students from various
veterinary colleges. Along with that, it endeavors to provide support for all animal
welfare legislation and laws, as well as to organize more humane groups throughout the
Philippines, through enlisting the cooperation of student councils and school officials in
the integration of "kindness and compassion to animals" in the sources of study for
elementary and high school.

Philippine Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

(n.d.). http://www.geocities.ws/philspca/geninfo.html

Local
 Animal Kingdom Foundation

Animal Kingdom Foundation, Inc. was established in 2002 with the purpose of
achieving a nation that is sympathetic, conscientious, respectful, and full of love for
animals by boosting and promoting enthusiastic and engaging animal welfare
campaigns that result in every individual recognizing animals as conscious beings and
embracing the concept of love, kindness, and benevolence for all living creatures. It
aims to preserve and enhance animal welfare by advocating for development in their
living conditions and eliminating factors that cause them pain, suffering, and
discomfort. Moreover, Animal Kingdom Foundation undertakes rescue missions,
operations, and animal rehabilitation at the AKF's rescue facility in Capas, Tarlac.
 Therefore, it fosters and creates a symbiotic, peaceful, and healthy environment for
humans and animals.

 Stays Worth Saving

Strays Worth Saving was created in 2020 striving to give second chance to animals who
are in extreme pain suffering all alone with no one to provide love, care and support for
them. It aims to bring them to a trusted vetenerarian and fund their treatment to foster
a good and health well-being for animals. They promote Spay and Neuter and offer low-
cost options. Along with this, SWS build an animal shelter in Tanauan, Batangas takes
care of over 100 rescues who are waiting to find for a forever home and family. They
work hard to find new homes for our rescued animals where adopters are strictly
screened to ensure that they can give animals a good sustainable life. Thus, it strives to
develop Philippines as a stray-free country

 Ninth Post (Posting Contact Information of Centers or Services to report Animal Cruelty):
(Caption) (w/ Daniel)
o WHO SHOULD CONTACT IF MAY REPORT NG ANIMAL ABUSE
o OWN CELL NO. (OPTIONAL)

To whom will you report animal cruelty incidents?

If you encounter animal cruelty, such as negligence, maltreatment, or exploitation,

please report the incident to the government officials who enforce the law and animal
welfare issues. Contact your local animal welfare authority immediately, or dial the
Project SIWALA hotline. The responding authority is compelled to conduct an
investigation whenever you report alleged animal abuse.

To punish violators of the Animal Welfare Act, you must submit precise information
such as the date, time, location, people involved, and evidence with your complaint.
Indeed, taking significant action in reporting and filing charges can effectively prevent
and minimize animal cruelty.

#ProjectSIWALA
#EndingAnimalCruelty
#PromotingAnimalWelfare