Department of Agriculture(DA)

Good day,

I would like to request from your department or from the Committee on Animal Welfare attached to your office the following data which are CRUCIAL to the completion of our legal research:

1. Total number of animal welfare violations filed with or reported to your office after the effectivity of the Animal Welfare Act up to today;
2. Number of animal welfare violations filed with or reported to your office per year;
3. Nature of each case;
4. Specific action done by the Director, Secretary and/or Officer-in-charge in response to each case;
5. Status of each case

Thank you.

January 14, 2020

Dear Genevieve,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated January 13, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Number of Animal welfare violations filed with or reported to your office.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have the information you have requested. However, you may wish request following data at the Bureau of Animal Industry, our attached agency and member of the Committee on Animal Welfare, thru their Animal Health and Welfare Division:

DR. SAMUEL JOSEPH M. CASTRO, MVPH
Officer-In-Charge, Division Chief
Animal Health and Welfare Division 
Contact Number: (02) 928-2836 / (02) 8528 2240 local 1500
Email Address: [email protected]

DR. MA. GRACIA D.  SEYNAEVE
 Head, Animal Information and Advocacy Services Section
 Animal Health and Welfare Division
 Contact Number: 0917-8508154 / (02) 8528 2240 local 1502
 Email Address: [email protected]

or resubmit your request addressed to the correct agency on the eFOI portal.For further assistance you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://dilgjmcnewlink20190128-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/help.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Secretary William D. Dar. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,
Kristel Merle
FOI Receiving Officer