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MONTH: November 2006

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Baguio City, Philippines--Embarrassed by reports that Benguet province might attempt to repeal or circumvent enforcing the 1998 Philippine national ban on selling dog meat, officials of the National Meat Inspection Service, Baguio police, and representatives of the Animal Kingdom Foundation in early October seized 104 kilos of dog meat from the public market stalls of vendors Lita Dizon and Victorino
Montano, "who are reportedly known as dog meat vendors," wrote Jane Cadalig of the Baguio City Sun Star.

"To appease the diplomatic community," Cadalig added, "the Provincial government decided to hold a production making dogs the main performers on November 30," at a celebration of the 106th anniversary of the creation of Benguet, a landlocked province in the Coridillera mountains. "Provincial Administrator Modesto Andong said the idea is to clear the misconception that circulated against the province when it earlier passed a resolution advising law enforcement agencies to coordinate with proper government agencies such as the Bureau of Animal Industry before conducting raids on restaurants serving dog meat," Cadalig reported.

Philippine Animal Welfare Society president Nita Lichuaco in December 2005 asked Baguio City veterinarian Bridget Pick to enforce the ban on selling dog meat against several restaurants which allegedly sold it openly. Pick told Lichuaco that a proposal to legalize dog meat was already far advanced. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo fueled speculation that dog-eating might be legalized by asking questions about dog meat during a December 27, 2005 state dinner.