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The Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) is a volunteer-based, non-government organization whose goal is to prevent animal cruelty through education, animal sheltering and advocacy, based in Quezon City, Philippines. It was founded in 1954 by Muriel Jay.
Animal welfare organizations are concerned with the health, safety and psychological wellness of individual animals. These organizations include animal rescue groups and wildlife rehabilitation centers, which care for animals in distress and sanctuaries, where animals are brought to live and be protected for the rest of their lives.
Maria Teresita Vicenta Pardo Hontiveros-Lichauco (August 11, 1927 – October 11, 2020), also known as Nita or Tata, was the president of the Philippine Animal Welfare Society. Her campaigns contributed to the passing of the Republic Act 8485 and the Animal Welfare Act of 1998. [1] She was known as the Mother of Animal Welfare in the Philippines.
The first PAWS organization was founded in San Francisco, California in 1987 as part of the response to the HIV/AIDS crisis when volunteers at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation food bank noticed that HIV/AIDS patients had used the food supplied to them to feed their pets. PAWS began with a focus on AIDS patients, many of whom (especially in the ...
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An animal advocate for PAWS Philippines, Mead is a supporter of animal rights and anti animal cruelty. She moved back to the Philippines in 2007. She married Filipino Chinese business person, managing director of Victoria Court, and car enthusiast Angelina "Angie" Mead King in November 2011. [3] In 2016, Angie came out as a transgender woman.
Wildlife sanctuaries of the Philippines (1 C, 6 P) Z. Zoos in the Philippines (2 C, 8 P) ... Philippine Animal Welfare Society; Philippine Tarsier Foundation
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