With very limited veterinary resources in the Philippines, IWCT is attempting to help local farmers to care for their Carabao. The Carabao are an integral to the Filipino economy and ingrained into Filipino culture. Without them, farmers livelihoods would be under serious threat.

On the 29th of March we held out first official Adoption Day at the Angeles Dog Pound where we now have two IWCT pens for any rescued dogs that we think we can re-home. We hope that this was the first of many adoption days so that we can continue to help very deserving dogs find new and loving homes!

Renovations began in early May to convert this small property into a temporary home for poorly dogs. We’ve made fantastic progress and are now ready to start taking in dogs, offering them veterinary treatment and care that they so desperately need.

Meet Sunshine, an Askal dog rescued from the streets by the IWCT team in the Philippines. When she was found Sunshine was horribly malnourished and suffering from mange. Horrifically, Sunshine was also being abused by people throwing stones and kicking her yet she was too weak to defend herself.

With very limited veterinary resources in the Philippines, we are receiving more and more requests to take our spay and neuter clinics to the more remote islands to help them manage their growing dog populations and in February the IWCT Veterinary team travelled to the island of Iloilo for a 2 day clinic

This is Prince, a puppy who may not have survived if we hadn’t been able to offer him temporary sanctuary and the veterinary care he needed. As a result of us seeing more cases like little Prince, we want to open a small Rehabilitation Unit in the Philippines.