Stray Dog Causes Accident and Manny Pacquiao's Father Killed and Ate His Dog

Here's two crazy dog stories from the Philippines.

Stray dogs are a nuisance. I cannot go running without stray dogs trying to bite my heels! On time I saw a stay dog get run over by a tricycle and I cried out in anguish at that jerk but he kept going and the dog was apparently ok. Maybe he died. I don't know. But now we have a story that I have thought about many times and is likely not the first.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1131035

Espina made the call after a female rider died in a road crash in Larrazabal village on Feb. 16. The police identified the victim as Genelyn Dedal, 41, a resident of P. I. Garcia village.

She was riding on a motorcycle driven by her husband when a dog dashed across in front of their motorcycle.

The dog hit the front wheel, causing the accident that sent Dedal skidding on the ground.

The victim died right after the incident while her husband suffered multiple injuries.

The dog, whose owner remained unidentified, was unharmed.

The dog is ok but the motorcycle driver is dead. Great. 

People need to lock their dogs up. Whether behind a fence or on a leash it does not matter. Just lock your dogs up. It's not hard.

The second dog story is from Manny Pacquiao.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/01/manny-pacquiaos-dad-ate-his-dog-and-boxing-has-never-been-the-same/

Enthralled by Bruce Lee movies, Pacquiao developed his punch by beating up on the banana tree in front of his home. But the energetic tyke was otherwise quiet and reserved. One of his only friends was a stray dog, which he adopted. 

One night, his father came home drunk, Pacquiao recalled years later. The two argued, and Pacquiao’s enraged father allegedly killed his dog. Even worse, Pacquiao then watched, powerless, as his dad ate his pet. 

“He killed my dog,” Pacquiao wrote in his autobiography. “He took the puppy I found and killed it. To a young boy, that was unforgivable — it was stealing something I loved, which is far more terrible than stealing money.” 

“Manny ran away from home after his father ate his dog,” Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, said.

That is outrageous. Did it even happen? Manny's father denies the allegation. 

Note that Manny did not write that his father ate his dog but only that he killed him. It is Freddie Roach who adds the gory detail about Manny's dad eating the dog. You can't just kill an animal and eat it. You would have to prepare it by removing the skin and the internal organs. It's a lot of work. But why would Freddie Roach say that if Manny had not told him and why would Manny make up something so gruesome?