Eradicating rabies requires ending dog-eating too CAUAYAN, Philippines––For the second time in three years a rabies outbreak linked to eating dogs has hit the western Philippines, underscoring the importance of ending dog meat consumption if canine rabies is to be eradicated. The rabies outbreak was declared by the Negros Occidental provincial department of health […]
How to tell a “bait dog” from “click bait”
“Bait dogs” are docile victims to some pit bull advocates, “urban legend” to others What is a “bait dog”? First of all, learn to distinguish a bona fide “bait dog” from a “click bait” dog, known to rescue insiders as a “donor bait” dog. Fill in the blanks This is the generic description of a […]
More medical warnings link dog meat to rabies
MANILA––Philippine, Chinese, and international public health media in mid-March 2015 warned that eating dogs can spread rabies, after at least 13 people ate meat from a rabid dog in Cabatangan village, Zamboanga, the Philippines. Summarized Robert Herriman of Outbreak News Today on March 15, 2015, from reports published on March 14, 2015 by Philippine media […]
“Crush video” makers get life in prison
MANILA––“Crush video” makers Victor Ridon and Chita Dorma Ridon, his wife, were on September 28, 2014 convicted of human trafficking and sentenced to life in prison in the northern Philippines city of San Fernando. The life sentences stood in stark contrast to the failure of Miami-Dade prosecutors to obtain any felony charges against Hammond […]