An animal advocate was shocked after witnessing a cat eating its fellow cat inside a cage in an animal shelter in Brgy. San Jose Das Mariñas, Cavite, which went viral on social media.
Interviewed on Dos Por Dos, video uploader and animal advocate Yvette Mayo said she went to the barangay's animal shelter to feed the cats there but was shocked to see dead cats that were allegedly eaten by the same cat.
"Pagdating po doon gutom na gutom yung mga pusa. Makikita niyo po doon sa nilabas kong video na talagang buto't balat na iyong mga kapwa pusa nila. Kinain na nila yung mga kapwa pusa nila," she said.
Mayo said she immediately asked the barangay for assistance in cleaning the shelter and bringing the cats to the veterinary center so they could be treated for the virus they contracted.
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The animal advocate claimed that Jeffry Frani, the barangay captain who ordered the cats to be collected from the streets, agreed to her request to rescue the cats. However, when she came back to the shelter, all the 20 cats were already gone.
Mayo claimed that the cats were released by the barangay captain. "Pagdating po namin ng Monday ni ma'am Rina sa Biyaya Animal Care, wala na po ang mga pusa. pinakawalan po niya lahat 'yon. Ang amin pong inisip ay pinakawalan niya para maging isang lugar, para pagdting naman po ng mga taga animal welfare, wala na pong dadatnan."
She clarified that it was she who brought the food into the cage during her visits.
In a separate interview with DZRH, Frani denied they neglected the cats at the shelter.
"May shelter po ako dati ng mga pusa. May pagkain po dito binibilhan ko po ng cat food. Hindi lang po maiiwasan na may nag-aaway na pusa sa loob ng shelter, kaya po siguro ganoon ang nangyare pero hindi po kami nagpapabaya rito," the barangay captain said.
Frani said he was prompted to create an ordinance collecting stray animals and put them in a shelter as these were biting people in the streets.
