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A vehicular accident on Thursday morning led police in Imus City in Cavite province to discover a shipment of freshly butchered dogs believed to be for the underground dogmeat trade.
Supt. Norman Ranon, Imus City police chief, said the truck was intercepted after it hit another vehicle at 12:30 a.m. in Barangay Anabu 2D along Aguinaldo Highway.
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The truck driver, however, escaped before the police arrived.
Ranon said policemen were surprised when they opened the truck’s cargo bay and found 72 dead dogs.
“It seemed the animals had just been slaughtered last night since the meat still looked fresh,” Ranon said in a phone interview.
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He said the pick-up truck, with plate RFG 527, was registered in Baler town in Aurora province. But police found another plate inside the vehicle, ZGM 395, which was registered in La Trinidad town in Benguet province.
Although Republic Act No. 8485, or “The Animal Welfare Act of 1998,” bans the killing of animals other than cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, rabbits, carabao, horse, deer and crocodiles except for cultural, religious, scientific and health reasons, dog meat is still consumed and is considered a delicacy by some.
Although the slaughtered animals were believed being transported to northern Luzon, Imus Mayor Emmanuel Maliksi ordered the inspection of restaurants in the city for the possible sale of the banned meat.
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Aside from violating the Animal Welfare Act, the driver of the pickup, identified by police as Terry Baybay, could also be charged for violating the Meat Inspection Act, and be subject to a fine of between P5,000 to P1 million per animal and possible jail time of one to 12 years.
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