DAVAO CITY, May 4 (PNA) -- For stealing, slaughtering and eating a bomb-sniffing dog, a senior police officer will face trial in court after the City Prosecutor's Office (CPO) found him criminally liable.

City prosecutor Raul Bendigo approved the findings of assistant city prosecutor Mariam Mastura-Mamukid indicting Senior Police Officer (SPO) 2 Remberto Orencia, assigned at PNP XI headquarters in Camp Catitipan, Buhangin, Davao City to the crime of theft and violation of Republic Act 8485 or Animal Welfare Act of 1998.

Orencia was tagged as the killer of a Labrador dog owned by Chief Inspector Alden Delvo. The dog was used by the police in detecting explosives.

In his affidavit-complaint, Goldie, wife of Chief Inspector Delvo, sued Orencia based on the testimony of their neighbors at Camp Catitipan.

The complainant said Orencia stole, killed and ate the four-year-old Labrador dog named Kobe at around 12 noon on October 28, 2004 while they were in Cebu City to observe All Souls Day and All Saints Day.

Goldie added that Kobe had been undergoing training for bomb-sniffing for already six months and even used by operatives of the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (SATU) in various operations before the dog was killed.

Delvo’s neighbors revealed that Orencia hit the dog with a piece of wood and then slashed its neck with a knife, cooked it and then ate it.

When confronted, Orencia reportedly said that he was only following an order from their superior to kill all stray dogs in the area.

But Goldie said that Orencia’s reason was unacceptable to her since the dog was a very friendly dog which do not deserve to be killed or captured and she insisted that the policeman had a motive in killing the dog.

The complainant added her family suffered since the dog was very close to them especially to their children.

courtesy of PNA
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