Pasay Pups

A group of caring individuals dedicated to making a difference in the lives of dogs and cats - and people! - in an impoverished area of Pasay city.
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What started out as one person caring for half a dozen animals, has become a great deal more. There are hundreds of dogs and cats in this small area of Pasay City, the Philippines, who we do our best to care for with limited finances. Every weekend, the Pasay Pups team volunteers in a impoverished neighborhood to provide basic care to the animals who call this area home, including meeting their ba

sic veterinary needs, such as parasite control, preventing infections in minor wounds, giving flea and tick prevention, and curing skin conditions like sarcoptic mange or fungal infections. We also provide food, love, baths, and walks for chained dogs. Among the most important work we do is provide spay/neuter and vaccination services. All services are provided to guardians at no cost. Not only does this reduce future expenses of caring for this group and help control the population of dogs and cats in the area, it also aids the people who struggle desperately to care for the animals they already have. Spaying and neutering reduces aggression in animals, as well as their risk of reproductive cancers. Most importantly, the people in this poverty stricken area don’t have to worry about feeding litters of puppies and kittens. We also operate a weekly kids’ program in Sarhento Mariano Cemetery. The children in this area live in severe poverty and many do not attend school. Many families are food poor – eating food from the trash, locally known as “pagpag” just to survive – and there is no running water, electricity, or proper sanitation in the cemetery. The mission of the kids’ program is to provide the children in this area with a positive space where they can learn, be happy and confident, and just be kids. You can help us help these children and animals by donating via PayPal (see the button on our main page).

25/08/2021

We did it again! 💪😍 Thanks to our generous supporters and volunteers, we distributed relief packs - including 3,750 kilograms of rice - to 440 households in the cemetery. Each family received 10 kilograms of rice; a kilogram of pasta with sauce; canned corn; and soap. Families with pets also received two kilograms of dog food.

We know this aid goes a long way in helping the families in the cemetery get through lockdown, and hopefully reduces some of the burden on their shoulders.

We are so very grateful to our volunteers and to each and every person who donated - whether it was 10,000 or 100 Php - YOU made this possible. We know that when you donate funds, you are putting your trust in us, and we are very thankful for that. We appreciate everyone's understanding that donating monetary towards this effort, rather than in-kind, enables us to buy more (wholesale!) and makes sure our packs are uniform and that distribution is fair, orderly, and that most importantly, there is enough for every single household (we have a strict policy against first-come, first-serve distributions - all our distributions are ticketed to ensure that every needy family, couple, or person receives this vital aid). ❤️

We would also like to thank our favorite pupper Ating for being Head of Security/Clean-Up/Good Vibes. Her service of cleaning up the spilled dog food, and taking naps with her tongue out was instrumental to creating a positive work environment 😂

06/07/2021

On Saturday, we held a spay/neuter clinic in partnership with PETA Asia and PPBCC Philippine Pet Birth Control Center Foundation where 236 companion animals were sterilized 🎉 The 181 cats and 55 dogs also received combination and anti-rabies vaccines. Many thanks to the amazing team of PPBCC vets and to all our tireless volunteers for making this possible! The single most important thing that we can do to protect animals from the suffering and death that their overpopulation causes is to spay or neuter them.

17/05/2021

Thank you to The Guardian for featuring our work and the community of Sarhento Mariano ❤ Internet applause for Lex at Lady Freethinker and photographer Aaron Gekoski who worked so hard to make this story happen 👏👏👏

If you're not familiar with our work or the challenges our community has faced during the pandemic, this is a great read (and the photos are amazing!).

In a project for the Lady Freethinker NGO, photographer Aaron ‘Bertie’ Gekoski has teamed up with Ashley Fruno, founder of Pasay Pups, to document the impact of poverty and the Covid-19 pandemic on people and pets living in public cemeteries in Pasay, the Philippines

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