Valarie Woolf says ‘Here is the webpage with the Philippine Senators. Please, everyone—send emails to them denouncing the approval of the bill that would permit dog racing in the Philippines.’
Click on the photo of each senator for their email address.
Greyhound Action says ‘We’re now waiting to hear from the Phillipines Animal Welfare Society with a list of e-mail addresses of senators for people to contact.’
This is the link to my previous campaign letter to the President of the Philippines.
Subject: info on Philippine Senators
Valarie sent this additional information.
Here is a list of names + email addresses for the Senators. A few have bounced back but most went through. I have also included a list of 9 Senators who Oppose the racing bill.
Sen. Ping Lacson” ospml@yahoo.com,
“Sen. Lito Lapid” sen.litolapid@senate.gov.ph,
“Sen. Loren Legarda” loren_b_legarda@yahoo.com,
“Sen. Jamby Madrigal” mam@senate.gov.ph,
“Sen. Kiko Pangilinan
Sen. Bong Revilla” senbongrevilla@senate.gov.ph,
“Sen. Mar Roxas” mar@marroxas.com,
“Sen. Antonio Trillanes”
“Sen. Manny Villar” mb_villar@yahoo.com,
“Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile” senator_enrile@senate.gov.ph,
“Sen. Jinggoy Estrada” senjinggoyestrada@senate.gov.ph,
“Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri” senzubiri@yahoo.com.ph,
“Sen. Aquilino PiMentel Jr.”
“Sen. Pia Cayetano” pia@senatorpiacayetano.com,
“Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago”
“Sen. Chiz Escudero” sen.escudero@gmail.com,
“Sen. Dick Gordon” rjgordon@senate.gov.ph,
“Sen. Gringo Honasan” gringo_chq@yahoo.com,
“Sen. Ed Angara” edgardo_angara@hotmail.com,
“Sen. Noynoy Aquino”
“Sen. Joker Arroyo” office_sen_jokerarroyo@yahoo.com,
“Sen. Rodolfo Biazon” pongbiazon@yahoo.com,
“Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano” alancayetano@yahoo.com
1. Excerpt found on “http://www.facebook.com/l/4d60e;MeFindHome.org” :
‘As of today,(July 2009) there are already 7 senators who promised to vote against this bill. They are:
1. Sen. Chiz Escudero
2. Sen. Gringo Honasan
3. Sen. Pia Cayetano
4. Sen. Miguel Zubiri
5. Sen. Jamby Madrigal**
6. Sen. Rodolfo Biazon
7. Sen. Manny Villar
2. Found on the PeTA Files July 30:
**Senator Madrigal has pledged her opposition to this so-called sport because greyhounds who are forced to compete are kept muzzled and confined to cramped cages when they’re not training or racing. Once they have slowed down or suffered career-ending injuries, the dogs are often abandoned, killed, or sold to laboratories to be used in experiments.
If approved, this bill has the potential to doom thousands of greyhounds to miserable existences. But have no fear: PETA Asia-Pacific has teamed up with Senator Maria Ana “Jamby” Madrigal—and her fearless dog, Prasad—to urge senators in the Philippines to vote “no” on this cruel bill
3. Found on the Philippine Senate Website in a press release July, 2009:
(Refers to Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel’s OPPOSITION to the Bill)
‘Pimentel said greyhound racing should not be allowed in the country for two main reasons: first, it is characterized by practices that are cruel to animals and second, it will entice the people to engage in another form of gambling which is an unproductive activity.
“Greyhound racing will only undermine the efforts of government and society to promote animal welfare,” he said.
The lawmaker noted that this is an industry which requires breeding and killing of thousands of greyhound dogs. A minimum of 800 greyhounds are needed to operate one race track and in practice, a large number of these dogs are “euthanized” or killed each year if they are no longer fit to race.’
4. Senator Mar A. Roxas (he’s the one who wrote back to me stating his OPPOSITION to the bill.
So, with the inclusion of Senator Pimentel & Senator Roxas, the tally comes to 9 senators on this list who OPPOSE the bill. As you can see from the above dates, the information gathered was from July of this year. Let us hope that the senators listed above have not changed their stance.