05/11/2025
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐!
๐พ๐ค๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐ช๐๐ก๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ข๐๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ. It robs communities of safety, and drains public resources meant for the vulnerable.
We pray for everyone affected by the onslaught of Typhoon Tino. News reports show that Tino has already forced the evacuation of thousands across the Visayas and northern Mindanao. This is no longer a shock; this is the reality that the Philippines has been facing for years and years. While the government plays deaf and blind, 66 people are dead and thousands are displaced [1].
As animal welfare advocates, we call for the accountability of the government, both local and national, for their failure to provide basic, life-saving infrastructure and services that protect communities and their animals. Years of underbuilt or phantom flood-control works, corruption, and failed enforcement of existing animal-protection laws mean that pets, stray animals, and livestock are left to drown, starve, or be abandoned while public funds vanish or are misused.
We demand transparency and prosecution of those responsible for corruption, immediate emergency funding for animal rescue and sheltering, and the full institutionalization and resourcing of animal-welfare enforcement, so the Animal Welfare Act is not just words on paper but a real protection for animals in disasters.
To the elected officials and agencies: answer to the people. Answer to every life you have sworn to protect.
[1]: https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/weather-traffic/2025/11/5/tino-flooding-kills-52-displaces-tens-of-thousands-0840