The Philippines' stray dog problem is a litany of preventable tragedies and outrageous actions. Here is another story from the streets that can be told "Only in the Philippines."
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A Korean national who was bitten by a stray dog was arrested after he stabbed to death another dog in Malate, Manila, police said on Tuesday, March 12.
The Manila Police District (MPD) identified the suspect as Jung Seong Ho, 42. He was arrested on Saturday, March 9.
Prior to his arrest, the police said the Korean was bitten by a stray dog while walking around Remedios Street, Barangay 700 in Malate, at around 4:10 a.m.
They said the suspect went inside a grill house in the area and asked for assistance in cleaning up the wound on his feet.
When he entered the grill house, he saw Ericka, a pet dog, sitting beside Angelo Bueno, the restaurant's waiter.
Bueno and another waiter at the grill house immediately assisted the suspect and brought him inside the establishment's comfort room to wash his wound.
However, after cleaning his wound, the police said the suspect took a knife from the kitchen and went outside where the other dogs started barking at him.
Ericka, the pet dog, also went outside. When the suspect saw this, he cornered the dog and stabbed it four times with the kitchen knife, leading to the dog’s immediate death.
After stabbing Ericka, police said the suspect also stabbed another stray dog before throwing the knife away and running back inside the restaurant's comfort room.
A Korean who was walking around at 4 in the morning was bit on his foot by a stray dog. He ran into a grill house to ask for help cleaning his wound and saw another dog, Ericka, inside. He then took a knife from the kitchen and ran outside where the other stray dogs started barking at him. Ericka also ran outside prompting the Korean national to corner the dog and stab it four times.
But Ericka was not the dog which bit him.
A statement from barangay personnel hints that if he had stabbed the dog who bit him there would have been no fault.
Barangay personnel Anthony Rodejo said that the suspect stabbed the wrong dog.
“The Korean's fault is that he stabbed another dog, not the one that bit him,” he said.
The suspect was arrested after personnel of the Remedios Police Community Precinct (PCP) passed by the area and responded to the incident.
MPD Chief Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay said the suspect possibly got irritated which drove him to stab the dogs in the area.
Ibay said that the suspect was given anti-rabies medication before he was brought to the police station.
He is now under the custody of the MPD and is facing charges for violation of the Animal Welfare Act of 1998 and malicious mischief.
Maybe Anthony Rodejo misspoke when he said in saying "the Korean's fault is that he stabbed another dog, not the one that bit him." Maybe what he really means is that his fault is he stabbed a dog. Or perhaps it is legal to kill a dog who bit you?
Likewise MPD Chief Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay's comment is equally asinine. Of course Jung Seong Ho was irritated. A stray dog bit him! How many times in the past was he forced to stave off stray dogs? Stray dogs are all over the place and they are not all friendly.
Once more this is another tragedy that is easily preventable if the local government had the will to do so. Simply round up the stray dogs. It's that easy.
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