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Monday, February 13, 2017
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The City Veterinary Office is more concerned about how the dogs will be taken care of, says Dr. Ma. Agueda Dela Torre, city veterinarian. BACOLOD CITY PIO
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BACOLOD City – The City Veterinary Office saw nothing wrong with someone adopting all the 60 dogs at its pound and having them adopted by others.
It was more concerned about how the dogs will be taken care of, according to City Veterinarian Ma. Agueda Dela Torre.
Cherry May Herrera of Barangay Mansilingan adopted all the dogs at the pound on Feb. 6.
She paid P9,000 for the adoption and vaccination fees, Dela Torre disclosed.
On Feb. 7, Herrera announced on Facebook (her account was “Cher Herrera”) that she was looking for people who want to adopt some of the dogs.
She claimed that she adopted the dogs “para indi mapatay (so they won’t get terminated)” but she does not have enough space in her house for all of them.
As of this writing, according to Herrera, 22 more were up for adoption.
Dela Torre confirmed the dogs had been at the pound in Barangay 35 for about a month and were scheduled for termination on Feb. 7.
Anyone seeking to adopt impounded dogs will have to enter into an agreement with the City Veterinary Office.
As part of the agreement, the office will monitor the adoptive owners, including Herrera, Dela Torre said, adding that they will soon meet with Herrera to identify the others to whom she had the dogs adopted.
City hall can take the animals back if it believes they were not being treated well, the veterinarian said.
But Herrera’s adoption of the dogs only to have them adopted by others does not violate any city ordinance, Dela Torre clarified./PN
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