00:00For pet owners, it is important to be responsible and to vaccinate their pets.
00:07For fur parents, we should remember that it is our responsibility to vaccinate our pets.
00:13The best advice is to vaccinate our fur babies or cats yearly
00:20so that their immune system is strong against, if ever, a possible rabies exposure.
00:28Secondly, we should not let our pet dogs or cats go out or disappear.
00:36Animal control, the fight against rabies, is again, everyone's responsibility.
00:42We need to make an effort to help the community.
00:46First of all, pet owners, we need to vaccinate our pets every year.
00:53It is in the law that they need to be vaccinated every year
00:56for the protection of our pets, our families, and ourselves.
01:02According to the Department of Health, from January to September this year,
01:06more than 300 people have been infected and died from rabies.
01:11Most of them died from dog bites.
01:15This is higher than the previous cases last year.
01:20The Philippines is one of the countries where rabies is a public health concern.
01:26In San Lazaro Hospital, being the biggest animal bite center,
01:31the supply of our vaccine against rabies is sufficient.
01:36Maybe some of us, when the number of our patients who were vaccinated increased,
01:42there were shortcomings, but we had emergency purchases.
01:46So we were able to purchase and supply it.
01:51Due to the increasing number of rabies infections in the country,
01:54one of the steps that the government is taking is dog population management
01:59or controlling the increase of stray cats and stray dogs.
02:03There are more than 12 million dogs and cats in the Philippines.
02:09According to Republic Act 9482 or the Anti-Rabies Act of 2007,
02:15it is the responsibility of the local government to control stray animals
02:19to avoid the spread of rabies.
02:24In Barangay Payatas, Quezon City, they have their own staging area
02:28to place the stray dogs that they catch.
02:33So these dogs were caught on the street or were rendered?
02:39These dogs were rendered because they are too brave and dangerous.
02:43The rest are stray dogs.
02:46Ah, stray dogs.
02:48They are called stray dogs.
02:51Ah, okay, okay.
02:53We caught them because they can bite.
02:55Ah, okay, okay.
02:57Then you will bring these dogs to City Pound?
03:00Yes, after one week.
03:01The time frame is one week to bring them there.
03:07So this place is just like their staging area.
03:10The dogs don't really stay here.
03:12If you are a dog owner and you want to surrender your dogs
03:17because you can't take care of them anymore,
03:19you give them to them and then you turn them over?
03:22We turn them over to City Pound.
03:24To City Pound?
03:25Yes.
03:26For the others, the ones that are still okay,
03:28we take care of them and feed them every day.
03:30So all these dogs that are here, you have already injected them with anti-rabies?
03:35Yes, anti-rabies.
03:36Ah, that's good.
03:37So that our staff can also protect them.
03:39So if they get bitten, they won't be in danger.
03:43Okay, that's good.
03:45According to the Bureau of Animal Industries,
03:47in the whole country, there are only 20 local governments
03:50that have registered an animal pound.
03:54Four non-government organizations are the registered animal shelters in the whole country.
03:59This number is small
04:01if the law dictates that there should be animal pounds in every local government.
04:08If we read the law, there is no sanction if they don't have City Pounds.
04:14So it's not that much.
04:16There are City Pounds,
04:18there are also a lot of City Pounds that are not yet registered with us.
04:22The most common problem is the prioritization of LCEs when it comes to the budget.
04:29Especially for some LGUs that have problems with our trans-animal boundary diseases,
04:36ASF, bird flu.
04:38We are also trying to update policies.
04:41So at the moment, our target is still aligned with the revised ASEAN target
04:47of zero rabies by 2030.
04:54Dogs usually stay in the staging area of Barangay Payatas for a week only.
04:59If there is no owner, they will be brought to Quezon City Pound.
05:11Today, some dogs were able to turn over in City Pound.
05:23So sir, what are you holding here?
05:26Actually, when we hold this, it will be like this.
05:29When we catch a dog like that, we will wait for it to calm down.
05:36Calm down?
05:37Relax?
05:38Before we tie it, hold it.
05:41Why does it need to be used like this?
05:43So that it won't fall apart.
05:45Oh, it can't be tied like that?
05:47And it won't get hurt.
05:48Because once it's tied, it's a neck.
05:51Ah, okay.
05:52So if it's a neck, we will wait for the dog to calm down.
05:58Once it calms down, we can tie it and bring it to the cage.
06:02Because these dogs are really wild?
06:05Yes.
06:07Oh, the color is white. It's so cute.
06:09But why did you render it?
06:11Because it's red, it's biting.
06:13It bit its owner.
06:14Ah, it bit its owner.
06:17Ah, so they might look a bit wild right now.
06:21But these dogs were rendered by their owners because it's really biting.
06:33This one surrendered too. It's so beautiful.
06:37This dog is not really a stray dog.
06:40But the story of the owner is that it's already biting.
06:46They can't take care of it anymore.
06:48It looks like it's going to bite.
07:02Actually, our definition of stray is confusing.
07:05So our problem is roaming.
07:08Because based on the studies we did in 2017,
07:12we don't have a stray.
07:14Instead, it has an owner, but at a certain time of the day,
07:18it's allowed to roam the streets.
07:20So they're owned but roaming.
07:23So yes, that's a huge problem.
07:26There's also a big risk of acquiring rabies.
07:30Because we don't know who they will meet on the streets.
07:34Each of these dogs will be brought to the city pound.
07:38Each of these dogs has already been injected with anti-rabies.
07:43So what they will do now in the city pound,
07:46they will be kept there.
07:47And hopefully, if someone wants to adopt a dog.
07:52This one is so cute.
07:55I hope they can find a new family.
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