What does the Animal Welfare Act say about torturing and killing dogs? The Animal Welfare Act prohibits the torture of all animals and the killing of all animals except for livestock animals which include cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, rabbits, carabaos, horses, deer and crocodiles. Exceptions include those killed for religious purposes, which in our case pertains to dog meat. The Animal Welfare Act says: "Any form of cruelty shall be penalized even if the transporter has obtained a permit from the Bureau of Animal Industry.

Cruelty in transporting includes overcrowding, placing of animals in the trunks or under the hood trunks of the vehicles" (Section 4). Section 6 of the act says: "It shall be unlawful for any person to torture any animal, to neglect to provide adequate care, sustenance or shelter, or maltreat any animal or to subject any dog or horse to dogfights or horsefights, kill or cause or procure to be tortured or deprived of adequate care, sustenance or shelter, or maltreat or use the same in research or experiments not expressly authorized by the Committee on Animal Welfare." Clearly, the illegal dog meat traders have violated the current law in place on two very important grounds: torturing and killing dogs for the purpose of commercialized sale.

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