It was early on a Sunday morning when I met up with my friend Owen Santos, a writer and a volunteer with the animal welfare group Compassion and Responsibility for Animals (CARA) Welfare Philippines, for a road trip. I was beyond excited; after four years, I was going to see the Laguna pit bulls again.
Talk about shameless. Animal welfare advocates are incensed over the recent raids on yet more dog-fighting facilities in San Pablo and Calauan, Laguna, where over 300 pit bulls were found living under atrocious conditions. Several already had to be euthanized by animal welfare groups such as the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) because of illness, wounds and failing health.
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