00:00Posibleng maharap sa mga kasong estafa, paglabag sa Sanitation Code, Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, at Consumer Act
00:09ang mga sangkot sa pagtatapon ng bangkay ng mga alagang hayop sa isang makanting lote sa San Jose del Monte
00:15Bulacan ayon sa Philippine National Police.
00:18Itong November 3, nagtungo sa National Bureau of Investigation ang ilang pet owners na for parents ng mga narecover na
00:25katawan ng hayop
00:26para formal na maghahain ng reklamo labas sa isang pet krematorium sa Bacoor, Cavite.
00:31Kasama nila ang mga opisyal ng Animal Kingdom Foundation at Philippine Animal Welfare Society o POS
00:38na nagbibigay ng assistance sa mga nabiktimang for parents.
00:41Sa isang naunang statement, sinabi ng POS na hindi daw sakop na kasulukuyang Animal Welfare Act
00:47ang insidente ng pagtatapon ng mga bangkay ng mga alagang hayop.
00:50Paliwanag ni Atty. Ana Cabrera, Executive Director ng POS,
00:55sa legal perspective, hindi nasakop ng Animal Welfare ang mga gawain sa mga hayop na batay na.
01:00When the animal is dead, there is no welfare anymore, strictly speaking.
01:05Kasi the animal isn't capable of feeling at that point.
01:10Kaya yung welfare natin, Animal Welfare Act, will only cover acts that are inclined to be about the treatment of
01:25the animal while it is alive.
01:26Ayon sa umiiral na Animal Welfare Act, tumutukoy ang animal welfare sa physical at psychological well-being ng mga hayop.
01:34Kabilang dito ang pag-iwas sa pakaabuso, pagmamaltrato, pagmamanupit at pagsasamantala sa mga hayop,
01:41pag-iwas at pagkamot sa kanilang mga sakit at pagtitiyak na manaya sila sa takot, pagkabalisa,
01:48panggigipit at hindi kinakailangang hirap at sakit.
01:51Walang specific na probisyon sa batas na tumutukoy sa paghandle sa mga hayop matapos nilang mamatay.
01:58Ayon kay Atty. Cabrera, ang paghandle sa katawan ng namatay na hayop ay nagiging sanitation at public health concern.
02:04Kaya napapasailalim na ito ng environmental laws at sanitation codes.
02:09Pero for an animal lover, it's painful to hear that the only law is akin to parang basura or environmental
02:22waste,
02:23which is narireduce sa ganun ang kanilang pets, especially considering the circumstances of this case.
02:31These are pet parents who love their pet companions so much that they consider them not just pets but family
02:41members.
02:42While animal welfare is something that is given to animals that are still alive,
02:50our treatment of animals go beyond din after death dahil we have a close relationship with them.
02:58Pagkaman hindi maituturing nasakop ng Animal Welfare Act ang proteksyon sa mga hayop na namatay na,
03:04maaari pa rin daw magkaroon ng mga amendments sa batas para pa siguro hindi na mauulit ang nangyari sa mga
03:10hayop sa bulakad.
03:11Across all animal welfare laws globally, animal welfare will only cover the treatment of the animal while still alive.
03:21So to take it beyond that would be not within the definition of animal welfare but provisions can be made
03:32within our proposal for the amendment of the Animal Welfare Act which we call the ALAGA Bill.
03:39Setyembre nitong taon nang ihain sa Kamara ang House Bill 11495 o tinatawag na ALAGA Bill
03:45na layong magtatag ng National Commission on Animal Welfare, isang independent at autonomous na quasi-judicial body
03:53na nakatuon sa lahat ng usaping may kaugnayan sa animal welfare.
03:57This is the reason why the Animal Welfare Act as we have it now is not really implemented very effectively
04:06because there's only a token division. When I say a token division, wala silang full-on staff and plantilya
04:14to actually go and inspect all these facilities.
04:18So they will not be able to handle it even the cruelty reports.
04:22So our proposal for our National Commission on Animal Welfare will unify all this fragmented implementation.
04:31They will oversee it.
04:32Sa ilalim ng ALAGA Bill, kabilang sa mga magiging pangunahing kapangyarihan at fungshals ng National Commission on Animal Welfare
04:40ang mga sunusunod.
04:42Ang paglikha ng mga patakaran, regulations at standards kaugnay ng animal treatment, transport, research at iba pa.
04:50Pag-oversease licensing at permits ng mga pasilidad na may kinalaman sa mga hayop, tulad ng mga pounds, shelters at
04:57iba pa.
04:58At pagpapatupad ng batas kaugnay ng animal welfare at pagpapalawak ng public education tungkol dito.
05:05Ayon kay Atty. Cabrera, posible ring isama ang bed crematoriums sa mga pasilidad na babatayan ng itatatak na komisyon.
05:12Kasi kahit nasabihin natin na the facilities na i-co-cover lang is mga living animals, we can insert even
05:21after care.
05:22So, they will have to answer to that komisyon about their mga operations.
05:32To make sure na pag sinabi nilang i-cremate, i-cremate talaga and there's proper disposal, walang magtatapon anywhere.
05:39Bilang isang quasi-judicial body, ipinapanukala rin na magkaroon ng kapangyarihan ang itatatak na komisyon na mag-revoke ng mga
05:48lisensya ng mga pasilidad na lalabag sa batas,
05:50pag-issue ng sapina at mag-imbestiga sa mga kasong may kaugnayan sa Animal Welfare Act at magsagawa ng mga
05:57hearing kaugnay nito.
05:59May mga nagsusunong din daw na magkaroon ng hiwalay na batas na specific sa after care na mga hayop.
06:05This legislation for after care services, the monitoring, the making sure that none of our pet parents are duped or
06:15fooled into this type of business
06:19na hindi naman binibigay talaga yung true ashes, it's very important because the way we treat animals after they die
06:27is also indicative of how we are as a society in terms of our treatment of animals.
06:36While it is not animal welfare, it goes to show how civilized we are and how progressive we have become
06:48in terms of treating our animal companions.
