Recent Protests
PAWS has been recently active in rallies to stop animal abuse. Here were some of their recent protests:
1) A protest against the testing of lethal injection for human Death Row inmates to animals in 2001.
2) A protest against an elephant show in Araneta Center in 2003.
3) A Protest against dogfights in Antipolo City Hall last April 2007.
4) An Information rally vs. dolphin shows at SM Mall of Asia on December 2006 and a Protest rally vs. a dolphin show at MetroWalk on December 2007.
PAWS protested to SM Mall of Asia and Movers & Shakers, the organizers of the dolphin shows in the said mall since organizing such activity only causes cruelty and abuse to dolphins. Both SM Mall of Asia and Movers & Shakers promised not to hold the show again.
After a year, SM kept its promise to PAWS but Movers & Shakers did not. As a result, on December 9, 2007, PAWS held a peaceful picket at the MetroWalk in Ortigas where the dolphin shows were held to distribute flyers about the abuse of dolphins in front of the show’s entrance.
5) A protest rally vs. Japanese Whale (Dolphin) slaughter at the Japanese Embassy on September 2006
On September 2006, PAWS joined the world-wide rally against whale slaughtering and went in front of the Philippine Japanese Embassy during the Japan Dolphin Day. More than 20,000 whales were said to be deliberately slaughtered by Japan because they allegedly eat too much fish. These fishes were the ones that the Japanese fishermen were after.
PAWS, together with the Earth Island Institute, also filed charges to the operator of the Ocean Adventure Water Park in Subic Bay violating the Philippine Animal Welfare Act. However, the Philippine Court of Appeals ruled out that the operators could not be held liable.
Read more about this topic: Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)