Lawmakers condemn brutal killing of dog in viral video

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00:00 Lower and upper chamber solons condemned the brutal killing of a dog in Bato, Camarines

00:05 sewer which has trended under the hashtag justice for Kilwa.

00:10 Senator Grace Poe is pushing for the passage of Senate Bill 2458 or the revised Animal

00:15 Welfare Act to address such abuses.

00:18 She hopes this bill will put an end to incidents like this one involving Kilwa.

00:22 Meanwhile House Assistant Majority Leader Jim Bongalon stressed the need to review the

00:27 Animal Welfare Act's contents to determine its sufficiency and effectiveness.

00:32 "Kamin ng family namin we have a lot of dogs and nung nalaman ko po yung balita na yun

00:40 nga nangyari, siyempre you know it's sad and of course it's unfortunate and it is indeed

00:49 a wake up call for us legislators to revisit the law."

00:54 "Yes I think it would be the best time for us to revisit this Animal Welfare Act and

01:01 as mentioned tama po the maximum penalty of imprisonment for the violation of the for

01:08 instance the killing of an animal is six months to one year of imprisonment with the penalty

01:14 or a fine of not exceeding 100,000 pesos.

01:18 But then again I would like to address also another issue I guess the lack of awareness

01:24 of the people that there is a law, there's an aiding law that protects the animal welfare

01:31 so I guess that should also be addressed by the local government units."