Dogs straying around the streets are a common sight in the Philippines Philippines
Good thing that the senate has approved of a law called the Anti-Rabies Act of 2007 also kn own as the Republic Act 9482 last May 25, 2008 authored by Sen. Pia Cayetano.
The components of the program are: - Mass vaccination of dogs
- Establishing a central database for registered and vaccinated dogs.
- Impounding of stray dogs
- Field control and disposition of unregistered stray, and unvaccinated dogs
- Information and educational campaigns to prevent and control rabies
- Pre-exposure treatment for high-risk people and post-exposure treatment for the animal-bite victims
- Free routine immunization of schoolchildren who are aged 5-14 in places with significant incidence of rabies
- Encouraging responsible pet ownership
- Prescribing penalties for violation of the law
The penalties for violation of the law are:
- P2,000 for failing or refusing to have their dog registered and immunized against rabies. If the dog bites someone, the owner will pay for the vaccination of the dog and the person bitten.
- P10,000 for refusing to place their dog under observation after it has bitten a person
- P25,000 for refusing to have their dog observed and for not shouldering the medical expenses of the bitten person
- P500 for refusing to put their dogs on a leash.
We just hope that this law could be implemented strictly.
This law really make a lot of sense, I hope the government also pursue a law of animal's right especially "askal"
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Even with this new anti-rabies law, I doubt this will always be implemented in our country. However, I commend Sen. Pia Cayetano for authoring this law. I'm also glad that the penalties for violating this law are higher.
ReplyDeleteThe number of cases of rabies in the Philippines—which currently ranks fourth worldwide in incidence of the disease—is increasing. But this a great law .The government promises to rid the country of the problem by 2020.
ReplyDeleteyeah you guys are right. those dogs are not strayed because they want to just go over here and there. the main reason why they are strayed cause they have no house to come home to. In my opinion, those "Askals" can also be a great companion it only depends on how you take care of them. I think the government may want to establish a government cheap pet shop which they take care those "Askals" and make them look good and sell them to those who wants to have a pet dog. now who's with me?
ReplyDeletethis law is great because our government had take an action for the animal's right.
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