The implementation of animal welfare act in Tuguegarao City

This study was undertaken to assess the implementation of Animal Welfare Act (R.A. 8485) particularly in Tuguegarao City. The Animal Welfare Act is a statutory act enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines intended to protect and promote the welfare of all animals in the Philippines. This study was designed to evaluate the four steps to determine the measurement on how pet owners treat their pet/s and the reliability, effectiveness and efficiency of the said statute, namely: i.) assessing the profile of respondents; ii.) identifying the type of respondent's pet; iii.) processing the usual treatment of respondents to their pets and; iv.) showing the possible outcomes of their treatments. This study will give the pet-owners, community, implementing agencies and future researchers the awareness and the importance of their role in promoting and protecting the welfare of all animals. The results of this study revealed that most of the respondents whose age falls within 16–20 are engaged in pet owning, and that pet owners admitted there is no maltreatment of against their pets were committed by them considering that pet owners are unaware of the laws protecting the rights of their pets. With the data gathered by the researchers, it is strongly recommended that the animal implementing agencies should exert more effort in informing the pet owners about the “Animal Welfare Act” in order to increase awareness of the people concerning the rights of animals as well as to their pets.