RJHale Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8261699/fur-flies-over-philippine-facebook-puppy Fur flies over Philippine Facebook puppy The puppy pegged to the clothesline. Animal rights activists and thousands of members of the public have expressed outrage over a photo on Facebook showing a puppy pegged to a clothes line in the Philippines. The photo was apparently posted by a young Filipino man on his Facebook account, where he initially ignored reprimands by pet lovers and boasted he would not be jailed for "washing" his dog. The photo showed a small puppy hanging by five plastic pegs to a clothes line. After going viral on the internet, the link was picked up by animal rights activists, including the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which launched an investigation. "We hope that Philippine prosecutors will take action and prosecute this young man," PETA legal officer Agnes Tam told AFP. "This is not child's play, this is blatant animal cruelty." Tam said her organisation had asked police and their local counterparts to help search for the man, who according to his Facebook page lives in a suburban area south of Manila. While she acknowledged that internet pranks were common, Tam said she believed it was not a hoax. The controversy also made national television news, and the man behind the Facebook site took down the offensive photos on Wednesday while offering an apology. "I hope you could forgive me and I promise it would never happen again," he wrote on his Facebook site on Wednesday morning. However, thousands of people within the Facebook community refused to forgive, signing up to a plethora of new pages dedicated to expressing their outrage against him. "Forgive? Never," wrote Melvin John Girado, warning the puppy pegger that he was being hunted down by his college fraternity brothers. A 1998 law bans cruelty to animals, which is punishable by up to two years in jail. That law is seldom enforced to its full extent. However a Manila court last month ordered a university student who tortured and killed a cat, then bragged about it on his online diary, to perform community service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanya-Meika&Keeva Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Grrrrr...how awful! I can't believe people think that its funny or ok to do something like that to an animal. I hope the puppy is ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Miss Strange Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 what kind of sick person finds this funny :mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess86 Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 That is absolutely disgusting, how can people live with themselves doing something like that to a puppy who can't defend themselves!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamz Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 jst horrible...hope he gets what he deserves..the owner i mean :mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkyries Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 i hope they find him, take the dog and make him pay for what he's done xxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karren Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Punishment to fit the crime. Put him through a car wash and peg him up by the .... pegs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahNukka&Shadow Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Sick individual! Hope he gets all he deserves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 :mad: hope he gets whats coming to him!!!!! poor puppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taiya Blue and Miko too Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 I'm sitting here mouth wide open lost for words!!:mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val (Zebedee) Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 how much pain must that little fella be in?? :mad: what is WRONG with people to think that is OK or funny or whatever to do that?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Sick!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyse Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazz Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Makes me sick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #2 Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 I saw this on news and it is very disturbing...any chance we can have it taken down? I can't even look at it...that poor puppy...someone should do the same to the kids that did this only in an area even more sensitive on them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #1 Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Realistically...yeah I'm pretty sure that nothing is going to happen to the guy... It's only been since '98 that they've even had animal cruelty laws in that country if the article is correct...and the most recent prosecution for the torture and killing of an animal there was........community service. PETA's legal team doesn't really have any actual influence in Manila... Is it cruel? Probably...do I condone it? No, no not at all...however this morning I think I'm just at a place where focusing on all the screwed up in the world that I can't change isn't going to brighten my day or improve the lives of my famiy, friends, loved ones, etc...so I'm just not gunna do it. I think it's healthier to focus on what you can affect and change...and well looking at sad things that make people angry isn't going to do that. Here's hoping there's Karma out there somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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