TABUK CITY, KALINGA – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) here enacted an ordinance prohibiting the usage of the tandok as alternative treatment for dog bites.
The tandok is a sucking instrument made of the tip of cow horn and of late, also of plastic. It is believed by people here that the instrument can cure snake bites and dog bites and even kill pain from rheumatism.
Councilor Alma Sandra Mejia who authored the ordinance said there was an urgency of passing the legislation because of the growing number of dog bite victims who sought treatment from mananandoks (tandok administrators) dying from rabies.
Among the recent victims was Ronald Buado, 25, resident of Calanan, this city, who died of rabies 109 days after going for tandok treatment. He did not seek medical treatment until it was too late.
The ordinance penalizes mananandoks found using tandoks on dog bites with a fine of not less than P2,000.00.
“There is no empirical data to prove that tandok is effective against dog bites. On the contrary, there is evidence to show it is ineffective. People who believe that tandok can cure rabies might be basing their conclusion on cases where the dog was not rabid,” Mejia said.
Mejia told the media that despite the public announcement of the consultations on the proposed ordinance, no mananandok attended the activity.
Ordinance No. 4, series of 2009, which is captioned “Rabies and stray dog control ordinance of the City of Tabuk,” also prohibits the trade of dog for meat.
Mejia said that, aware of the penchant of many residents of the city for dog meat, some members of the SP had expressed concern that the provision will not be implemented but in the end, the consensus of the body was that “it is better to have an ordinance supporting national laws prohibiting the slaughter of dogs for dog meat than to have none at all.”
The penalty for violation of the provision is P5,000.00 per dog and imprisonment of from one to four years.
Among other provisions, the ordinance mandates dog owners to present their dogs for registration and vaccination and to keep them from freely roaming in public places.
Included as responsibilities of the LGU under the ordinance are to maintain adequate supply of animal anti-rabies vaccine at all times, conduct free anti-rabies vaccination, maintain and improve animal rabies surveillance system and conduct research on rabies and its control in coordination with other agencies. **By Estanislao Albano, Jr., ZZW
The tandok is a sucking instrument made of the tip of cow horn and of late, also of plastic. It is believed by people here that the instrument can cure snake bites and dog bites and even kill pain from rheumatism.
Councilor Alma Sandra Mejia who authored the ordinance said there was an urgency of passing the legislation because of the growing number of dog bite victims who sought treatment from mananandoks (tandok administrators) dying from rabies.
Among the recent victims was Ronald Buado, 25, resident of Calanan, this city, who died of rabies 109 days after going for tandok treatment. He did not seek medical treatment until it was too late.
The ordinance penalizes mananandoks found using tandoks on dog bites with a fine of not less than P2,000.00.
“There is no empirical data to prove that tandok is effective against dog bites. On the contrary, there is evidence to show it is ineffective. People who believe that tandok can cure rabies might be basing their conclusion on cases where the dog was not rabid,” Mejia said.
Mejia told the media that despite the public announcement of the consultations on the proposed ordinance, no mananandok attended the activity.
Ordinance No. 4, series of 2009, which is captioned “Rabies and stray dog control ordinance of the City of Tabuk,” also prohibits the trade of dog for meat.
Mejia said that, aware of the penchant of many residents of the city for dog meat, some members of the SP had expressed concern that the provision will not be implemented but in the end, the consensus of the body was that “it is better to have an ordinance supporting national laws prohibiting the slaughter of dogs for dog meat than to have none at all.”
The penalty for violation of the provision is P5,000.00 per dog and imprisonment of from one to four years.
Among other provisions, the ordinance mandates dog owners to present their dogs for registration and vaccination and to keep them from freely roaming in public places.
Included as responsibilities of the LGU under the ordinance are to maintain adequate supply of animal anti-rabies vaccine at all times, conduct free anti-rabies vaccination, maintain and improve animal rabies surveillance system and conduct research on rabies and its control in coordination with other agencies. **By Estanislao Albano, Jr., ZZW
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