00:00Some local governments provided services for the animals
00:05including free food and vaccination against rabies.
00:09Dano Tingcunco was one of them.
00:15Just like our children or ourselves, our animals also need care.
00:21One of the programs that was held on the 85th founding anniversary of Quezon City
00:26was free vaccination against rabies, vaccination, and microchip implantation.
00:33Fur parents in the Quezon Memorial Circle joined in
00:36just like Nashila and Christine,
00:38who brought their one-year-old Aspe, Atlas, to be vaccinated.
00:42When he was in heat, he was carried by a woman, a dog.
00:48When he came out, he was just free.
00:53We are just students.
00:57Esteva brought her nine-year-old Aspe to be consulted.
01:03It was her first time to consult an Aspe,
01:05and it was not a good experience.
01:08It was underwhelming.
01:11I will just let them check because I eat less.
01:14Personally, I don't bring Aspe to my expenses.
01:18This type of project is very helpful because the initiative of the owners
01:23to take good care, better care of their pets.
01:28This is our goal to bridge the gap.
01:31We do understand and we do recognize that not everyone can afford
01:34to get the necessary veterinary care.
01:38Aside from providing free healthcare to the animals,
01:41the primary goal is to vaccinate all rabies,
01:45all pets that are not yet vaccinated,
01:47especially those that were vaccinated during the lockdown.
01:51We have a timeline to eliminate rabies or the death by humans due to rabies by 2030.
01:58So our efforts to make our city rabies-free,
02:03to make our space safer, the city safe.
02:07A lot of our cases of rabies right now are from pets that are not vaccinated.
02:14And this is simply because, one, they don't have time.
02:20That's not the reason why we don't get vaccinated.
02:23Aside from QC, free programs were also held in other places in Metro Manila and the province.
02:29Like Ilo-Ilo, where dogs were included in the program to get vaccinated against rabies.
02:35For GMA Integrated News, I'm Dana Tingkung.
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