URL: https://fb.watch/izpQiYcqF9/
TITLE: Shelter Self Check-In

AUTHOR: Animal Rescue Rehabilitation & Fostering ARRF - Davao, Inc. (Facebook Page)
DATE PUBLISHED: January 31, 2023

KEY INFO: A male cat stopped by the ARRF (Animal Rescue Rehabilitation & Fostering ARRF - Davao, Inc.) and registered himself there. He is also malnourished and skinny. This situation proved that there are still animals roaming and seeking help; thus, there are people who are willing to help but they are inadequate. At present, ARRF urges individuals to support them in rehabilitation and be the helper and guardians of homeless animals. However, they have reached the point where they require financial support, so they ask for our help to fulfill their pursuits. In correlation to our aim of decreasing animal homelessness in the community, supporting organizations like ARRF to welcome stray animals and giving them a sense of home, can be of great help to solve the issue and aid in providing the pets with secured care.

URL: https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3095186/animal-shelters-full-millions-stray-dogs-and-cats-roam-philippines-one
TITLE: With animal shelters full, millions of stray dogs and cats roam the Philippines – but one clinic is offering a solution
AUTHOR: South China Morning Post (SCMP)
DATE PUBLISHED: July 31, 2020
KEY INFO: Alixandra Caole Vila reported that over twelve million stray dogs and cats were reported to be running loose throughout the Philippines, according to the Animal Welfare Society. Family pets are frequently shot to death in filthy municipal pounds where many stray animals wind up after being abandoned by their owners. A small veterinarian clinic tried to "stem the tide" of homeless animals being slaughtered pointlessly by offering massive desexing programs. This report demonstrated that this issue is widespread and did not just affect Davao. It spread throughout the entire region of the Philippines. It revealed that in order to save our nation, we must take steps to reduce or stop the population growth of homeless and unprotected animals.

URL: -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhjA9Eqeek0
TITLE: - Shelter para sa stray dogs, itinayo sa Davao City.
AUTHOR: - News5Everywhere
DATE PUBLISHED: December 9, 2020
KEY INFO: - Netizens admired a shelter for homeless dogs in Toril, Davao City. This shelter is a condominium built for stray dogs by William and Exal Zeluff. Like any other, majority of shelter organizations strive to find homes for unwanted animals, reunite owners with missing pets, and provide refuge and care for a vulnerable population. This seeks to inspire Davaoeños to take action and start providing shelters for stray dogs, or help them in any way possible. 

URL: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MCX82ZXh9o
TITLE: Homeless Animals
AUTHOR: - ABC 10 News
DATE PUBLISHED: April 15, 2020
KEY INFO: Abandoned, abused, and alone at Richmond Animal League finding homes for dogs and cats is hard enough. Greg McQuaid, a volunteer, is helping animals find forever homes one picture at a time as she shows that her efforts is needed now more than ever. It is with utmost importance that we give our best in reducing the prevalence of animal homelessness by volunteering for such acts that provide shelters for the stray pets. Doing so would ignite the camaraderie in communities to find ways in reducing the problem.

URL: https://www.facebook.com/sunstardavaonews/photos/a.875443119176689/3742211525833153/?type=3
TITLE: Animal Rescue
AUTHOR: Sunstar Davao
DATE PUBLISHED: January 11, 2021
KEY INFO: On December 16, 2020, Bantay Hayop Davao President Rovie Bullina demonstrated how Filipinos viewed Aspin (Asong Pinoy) compared to dogs of different breeds. His statement showed that whatever the breed of the dog, it is still a dog and part of human life. In other words, we should treat animals the same way we treat our families. Bantay Hayop Davao aims to rescue and provide a home for homeless dogs instead of adopting them. This printed AD represents that every life matters. Thus, animals are still part of our lives, and we also need to take care of them. Bantay Hayop Davao wanted us to take action to help them save homeless and unprotected animals. 

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bayXWOK_84
TITLE: Healthcare for Homeless Animals Promo Video
AUTHOR: Jenacom
DATE PUBLISHED: November 28, 2013
KEY INFO:  Healthcare for Homeless Animals is a non-profit community-based group run entirely by volunteers that aspires to pay medical care for sick, wounded, and exclusively breastfed homeless pets at the Agoura Animal Shelter. This organization relies on donations to give the medical care these animals require in order to be restored to excellent health and then adopted into loving homes. The charity saves their lives and gives them a second opportunity by sponsoring their treatment. Their action demonstrated how we can assist stray, homeless animals that are in need of our assistance. We viewers can easily observe how seriously endangered animals are. This act of public service motivates us to take practical steps to end animal abuse and provide homes for pets. They also provided us with details on how we will support them.

URL: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1915701/davao/feature/the-state-of-stray-abandoned-pets
TITLE: The state of stray, abandoned pets
AUTHOR: SunStar
DATE PUBLISHED: December 12, 2021
KEY INFO: Marites Batacan founded an animal shelter named "Animal Rescue Rehabilitation & Fostering-Davao, Inc" that is an 800 square meter shelter building for stray and abandoned animals in Binugao, Toril, Davao City. ARRF-Davao, Inc. was founded in 2016 for the purpose of giving the abandoned, sick, and stray animals another chance of survival. As animal homelessness became a major problem in Davao City, businesses like ARRF-Davao would help the City be one step closer to resolving the major problem of stray animals.

URL:https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1882422/davao/local-news/animal-rescue-during-a-pandemic
TITLE: Animal rescue during a pandemic
AUTHOR: SunStar
DATE PUBLISHED: January 10, 2021
KEY INFO: Bantay Hayop Davao is a volunteer group that does animal rescue and public talks on responsible pet ownership. Their rescued animals are up for adoption once they have assessed that the interested individual or family is responsible and capable enough. The group continues to spread awareness regarding the reported cases of animal cruelty in Davao City in the form of poisoning, physical abuse and most commonly, abandonment. Thus, this can help in further decreasing the emergence of animal homelessness as animal shelters are essential to our communities because they work tirelessly to reconnect lost pets with their owners, provide shelter to those in need, and find new homes for animals that are homeless, lost, or that shouldn't be roaming the streets for our safety.

URL: https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/353814/someone-built-a-shelter-for-stray-dogs-in-toril-davao-city
TITLE: Someone built a shelter for stray dogs in Toril, Davao City
AUTHOR: Cebu Daily News
DATE PUBLISHED: December 6, 2020
KEY INFO: In Barangay Toril in Davao City, a mystery local built a home for stray dogs. Netizen Dranreb Pascual was able to discover this shelter located in their neighborhood and snapped some photos on December 4, 2020, which he shared on a Facebook group called Toril Dog Lovers Community. Acts like this would greatly help in combatting the problem of stray animals in communities as shelters can serve as a home for these stray animals while also keeping them in check.

URL: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1063592
TITLE: Davao City intensifies drive vs. rabies
AUTHOR: Philippine News Agency
DATE PUBLISHED: March 4, 2019
KEY INFO: The City Veterinarian's Office (CVO) will further intensify the campaign on responsible pet ownership as the local government commits to support government's campaign for a "pet-friendly Philippines and rabies-free country". City Veterinarian Grace Pallar stated that CVO catches 22 to 30 stray dogs per day, as the city's high rabies cases prompted them to strengthen their vaccination campaign. As the spread of the deadly rabies virus is greatly correlated to animal homelessness, hopefully the citizens of Davao City would start contributing in solving the stray animal issue.

URL: https://www.davaocity.gov.ph/animal-welfare/city-vet-boosts-programs-on-anti-rabiespopulation-control-stray-dogs/   
TITLE: CITY VET BOOSTS PROGRAMS ON ANTI-RABIES,
POPULATION CONTROL, STRAY DOGS
AUTHOR: Davao City (gov.ph)
DATE PUBLISHED: September 16, 2022
KEY INFO: The Davao City Veterinarian’s Office (CVO) is strengthening its Rabies Control Program, Population Control Program, and Responsible Pet Ownership education campaign in an effort to eliminate animal-borne diseases in the city and reduce the number of stray dogs on the streets. This is undoubtedly helpful in not only reducing animal homelessness in them city, but also making sure that stray animals are healthy and safe from various sicknesses and issues.

URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/10.3389%2Fconf.fvets.2019.05.00015/event_abstract
TITLE: Spatial Regression Analysis on Reported Canine Rabies Cases in Davao City, Philippines from 2006 to 2017
AUTHOR: University of the Philippines Mindanao
DATE PUBLISHED: September 27, 2019
KEY INFO: With the knowledge that rabies remains endemic in the Philippines with an average of 2.13 deaths per million Filipinos, this study identifies the factors that influence the reported canine rabies incidence in Davao City in order to aid  research concerning the prevention of canine rabies and stray canines or dogs as an overall problem. Articles like this are very essential in providing crucial information to the general public that in turn, would lead the way in eliminating animal homelessness in the community.

URL:  https://iskomunidad.upd.edu.ph/index.php/Kwentuhang_Pets_Atbp_2015_Episodes
TITLE: Kwentuhang Pets Atbp 2015 Episode 26
AUTHOR: Iskomunidad
DATE PUBLISHED: July 22, 2015
KEY INFO: Kwentuhang Pets Atbp. is the first organization in the Philippines to advocate for animal rights. Every Wednesday between 1-2 pm Manila time, it airs live on DZUF 1602kHz AM, with audio available online at www.dzuf.org. On Episode 26, Krista Impirel Lara, Andy Pisano, and Eric Suguitan talk about the news where in mayami florida the mayamis aquarium are accused of PERA due to not following the endangered species act because of the health of a killer whale named Lolita. Podcasts with certain episodes like this hold such a big voice to enlighten everyone on the current situation of animal homelessness and empower those who can be of help in spreading a wide range of information sources on these kinds of topics.

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rBZuHtACH4
TITLE: Rescuing Stray Dogs | Documentary Philippines
AUTHOR: Lapse City
DATE PUBLISHED: November 02, 2020
KEY INFO: Humanity for Animals GMA Cavite (HAGC) aim to help animals by making it their goal to feed them. The video shown shows the group's progress and compassion in doing this and that led to different initiatives such as feeding, rescuing, creating youth awareness, recycling, making a shelter, etc. for stray dogs. Documentaries like this help preserve significant pivotal occurrences as well as stories and historical material that some would prefer to forget. This not only helps the society understand significant context on animals, but also provides a warning of potential future challenges that we can prevent as early as now.

URL: https://www.patts.edu.ph/seahorse-update/saving-animals-serving-community-stray-lives-matter
TITLE: Diamonds in the Ruff
AUTHOR: PATTS College of Aeronautics
DATE PUBLISHED: October 8, 2022
KEY INFO: Last October 8, 2022, via Zoom, the PATTS Tourism Society (PTS) and Stray Haven, an animal rescue team from Las Pias, launched a sPAWtacular fundraising webinar project entitled Stray Lives Matter PH. The event, themed "Saving Animals, Serving Community: Stray Lives Matter," aimed to generate money for the stray animals of Paranaque City and featured an animal welfare conference to help educate and raise public awareness for stray animals. Initiatives like this can aid in reducing the prevalence of animal homelessness in the country, most especially in Davao City. This can hopefully stir and inspire multiple local organizations to also use webinars, lectures, or TedTalks to increase awareness amongst its citizens.

URL: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mutual-rescue-carol-novello/1128997296
TITLE: Mutual Rescue: How Adopting a Homeless Animal Can Save You, Too
AUTHOR: Barnes&Noble
DATE PUBLISHED: April 9, 2019
KEY INFO: Through an examination of the emotional, practical, and spiritual benefits that rescued animals offer, Mutual Rescue explores the transformative effects that shelter pets have on people. It delves deeply into the intricacy and importance of the role that animals play in our lives through anecdotes, observations, and scientific studies. Every narrative in the book raises a previously undervalued advantage of adopting strays as rescue subjects. Books like this provide such a great foundation for individuals to learn more about how adopting stray animals can also help them. It could serve as an opportunity for people to understand more and delve deeper into the cathartic advantages that these animals can provide for society as a whole and prevent animal homelessness in the future.

URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328886280_The_Impact_of_Government-Initiated_Interventions_Dog_Characteristics_and_Climate_on_Rabies_Cases_in_Davao_City_Philippines
TITLE: The Impact of Government-Initiated Interventions, Dog Characteristics, and Climate on Rabies Cases in Davao City, Philippines
AUTHORS: Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science, Department of Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies, School of Management, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Davao City 8000 Philippines
DATE PUBLISHED: December 18, 2014
KEY INFO: In this study, the researchers report the trends of rabies in Davao City from 2006–2017, analyze the monthly pattern of rabies incidence in the city before and after the implementation of IRCP, assess the impact of IRCP using count regression models, and provide recommendations for the strategic implementation of the programs. Implementing research studies like this can encourage future researchers to dig deeper into animal homelessness and its detrimental causes and effects. Additionally, it can assist the government in taking action because the aforementioned findings implies the necessity of conducting an effect evaluation of government interventions and other risk variables in order to further aid in improving current management approaches.

URL: https://www.alamy.com/quezon-city-philippines-7th-sep-2018-artists-paint-various-animals-on-a-wall-during-the-2018-art-in-island-mural-competition-in-quezon-city-the-philippines-sept-7-2018-the-mural-competition-aims-to-increase-awareness-on-protection-and-humane-treatment-of-all-animals-through-art-credit-rouelle-umalixinhuaalamy-live-news-image217995394.html
TITLE: 2018 Art in Island Mural Competition
AUTHOR: Alamy
DATE PUBLISHED: September 7, 2018
KEY INFO: During the 2018 Art in Island Mural Competition in Quezon City, Philippines last September 7, 2018, several artists painted numerous animals on a wall. The mural competition hopes to raise awareness about the necessity to protect and treat all animals responsibly. Through these forms of art, citizens would be able to grasp the conditions and circumstances stray animals continue to face. Being exposed to these in such venues can help lift and enlighten their minds to the reality of the predicament, which may then inspire them to impart knowledge through the various forms of art on the vitality of safeguarding and treating all animals with care, kindness, and compassion.

URL: https://edgedavao.net/latest-news/2022/03/12/ordinance-banning-stray-dogs-passes-2nd-reading-in-sanggunian/
TITLE: Ordinance banning stray dogs passes 2nd reading in Sanggunian
AUTHOR: Edge Davao
DATE PUBLISHED: March 12, 2022
KEY INFO:  Numerous rabies reports are the result of careless pet owners and stray animals. Due to this report, a proposal to limit the unrestrained increase in the population of stray dogs, a persistent issue in the city for many years, was enacted by a Bantay Hayop Davao official. After the approval of this order. It will make it easier to combat the spread of rabies, mishaps, and the rise in stray animals brought on by negligent pet ownership. Preventing rabies by providing shelter for animals. This report showed awareness of how we can aid unfortunate and mistreated animals, showing that there is still hope for homeless and abused animals; they are still living beings who need proper care and learning to make them be with us.  

URL: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/03/2221272/partners-not-pounds-there-more-animal-welfare-rounding-strays
TITLE: Partners, not pounds: There is more to animal welfare than rounding up strays
AUTHOR: PhilstarStar Global
DATE PUBLISHED : November 3, 2022
KEY INFO: The "Pawssion," a nonprofit committed to the rescue, treatment, and rehoming of abandoned and neglected animals, was founded, according to Maro Enriquez. Because of the dogs in "death row" at the Bacolod City Pound, Malou Perez, the founder of Pawssion, established the company in October 2018. One of the main issues contributing to animals being in grave danger is overpopulation, as well as a lack of information regarding animal care and proper pet ownership. Malou Perez, the founder of an organization that strives to save animals and provide them a home, raises awareness and provides advice on how to provide shelter for animals and put an end to animal mistreatment.