Led by their chair Christian Cando, Barangay Capri officials took a lot of flak on social media after the poster for “Oplan Doghang” circulated online last week. ADVERTISEMENTThe name was obviously a play on “Oplan Tokhang,” the government’s antidrug campaign that has become synonymous with the bloody crackdown that has left thousands dead. ’hang’) as a means of animal control is wrong,” the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) said in a statement. Animal control or the collection of strays “must be done humanely” under the Animal Welfare Act, it stressed. “We stress that not a single dog has died or will die under this initiative because we condemn any act of violence against animals,” Cando said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 16, 2018 22:30 UTC