On Friday, December 2, 2011. Authorities, arrested 6 South Koreans and 17 Filipinos in an abandoned animal feed mill in Indang town, just south of Manila, Cavite province of Philippines. The raid was conducted with the help of an animal rights group, Animal Kingdom Foundation.
This was a huge operation, said to be taking in approximately One million a day. As they held the fights via live streaming video, to paying customers. Credit card transactions were held online. This operation was organized with cameras spread throughout the arena, which were then fed to a control booth. Reportedly shown online throughout the internet to South Korea, the United States and even Europe.
Luis Buenaflor, director for operations of the AKF foundation, said several cameras were set up around the arena, fed video to computers that streamed the fights via the Internet around the world. He called on police to investigate local officials suspected of protecting the Syndicate after a permit from the Bureau of Animal Industry was discovered on the premises.
Cavite police director Sr. Superintendent John Bulalacao identified the Korean suspects as Kim Jeong Py - 40; Kim Su Jeong - 27; Kim Sang Hyun - 28; Kang Jun Ho - 28; Lee Han Gu - 33 and Kim Min - 31. They were all "temporarily residing" at the Summit Ridge Hotel in Tagaytay.
Dog fighting is Illegal in South Korea and the Philippines. The suspects will all face charges for violating Sec. 6 of Republic Act 8485 of the Animal Welfare Act of 1998. Which is a minimum sentence of six months up to 2 years imprisonment or a fine of one thousand to five thousand pesos or Both.
Representatives from AKF, PAWS and IRO have been working together to help as many dogs as they can. So far IRO & PAWS have "liberated" 74 of the dogs. According to Nena Hernandez of IRO in Cebu City Philippines. Four had to be euthanized due to severe injuries, (one practically had no tongue). Another died in a volunteer's arms at the site, and sadly 2 more died upon arriving at the PAWS facility. She is still in shock from what she witnessed when she first arrived. On the last day of taking the dogs out, they discovered the "pits" where the dogs were thrown, she suspects, if they lost or died. Nena said, "One of the volunteers placed a cross at the site, to at least give them some semblance of honor." She also felt, that not one of the Pit Bulls were human aggressive as they were taken out of their cages. All were emaciated and some with serious injuries.
All the dogs are currently in the care of PAWS, a Philippine animal Welfare Society in Quezon City. PAWS already had 300 dogs of their own. Now overwhelmed with this latest rescue,
DONATIONS ARE IN DESPERATE NEED! They need approximately $700 in Total
Christmas is the Season for giving.... and these poor dogs need Help! Please donate, even if all you can give is $5.00 The Chip In account was set up by IRO's United States 501c3 Friends for the Protection of Animals.
PLEASE DONATE FOR THESE DOGS: http://friendsfortheprotectionofanimals.chipin.com/care-and-rehabilitation-of-240-pitbulls-seized-in-cavite-dog-fighting-raid
The following pictures were taken at the site, the sadness in the dogs eyes is heartbreaking. The conditions they were living in a total Hell. Dog fighting should be Illegal all around the world! We will continue this story as to the fate of the dogs. . . .
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