Evaluating Policies

Republic of the Philippines

CAMARINES NORTE STATE COLLEGE

Graduate School

Daet, Camarines Norte

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POLICY ANALYSIS: PROVINCIAL ORDINANCE NO. 26-03 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ORDINANCE ENFORCING RESPONSIBLE

DOG OWNERSHIP AND INSTITUTIONALIZING

RABIES CONTROL MEASURES TOWARDS

RABIES FREE CAMARINES NORTE

Submitted to

MARIA CRISTINA C. AZUELO, Ph., D.

in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Master in Public Administration

by:

Mila Jean A. Cabase

Jay Q. Canaria

Honeylyn Daza

Arnie P. Delos Reyes

Vivencio Z. Maigue Jr.

Reuben Naperi

Lilian Y. Rafon

2013

Rationale

The dog is supposed to be a man’s best friend, if the dog gets a good person to look after him then life is good but unfortunately, this is not the case for most of them in the world. Stray dogs are not a random occurrence but a symptom of a bigger problem caused by the following: irresponsible pet ownership, pet owners not spaying/neutering their pets, people still BUYING and BREEDING instead of adopting and rescuing animals.

The typical stray in the Philippines are domesticated animals. Those owners that could no longer afford to provide their pets a better living abandoned their dogs especially those that are not familiar with Spay and Neuter or Kapon (safe, surgical procedures done by veterinarians to keep animals from reproducing) think that this is the only way they can get rid to a bigger number of pets. Some let their dogs roam freely in the community that resulted to a dog bites and are dumped into the streets intact. These intact animals will mate with other strays and it is common that they are fighting for each other and passers-by may be bitten. Once get pregnant and give birth these resulted to a more unwanted dogs.

Stray dogs frequently suffering from hunger and illness, seek food and shelter in human communities. They are often seen as a nuisance and health hazard by the people who live alongside them and even occupying the road that cause vehicular accidents.

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