Lessons in animal compassion
MANILA, Philippines — University of the Philippines Physics student Joseph Carlo Candare, who was recently convicted of animal cruelty, was only trying to have fun shocking his blog readers when he “accidentally” killed a cat one school day in 2009.
This was the statement of Joseph’s father Rod Candare, emailed to Students and Campuses Bulletin.
It would be remembered that Joseph figured in a controversy when his blog entry titled "I killed Schrodinger's Cat-Isang Araw na Puno ng Epick Phail” recounted how he tortured “Teng-Teng”, an orange and white tabby cat, a pet of students and faculty at the UP National Institute of Physics (NIP).
“Hindi ko talaga alam kung bakit pero anumang pagpipigil sa sarili ay hindi sapat upang mapangibabawan ang panggigil ko sa mga pusa. I pulled it on its tail and threw it. Then like some pro wrestler, I jumped on it and my feet landed on its torso. Slam! Felt good! But the cat didn’t die, well not yet. It ran for its life and just as I was about to catch up on it somebody yelled: Pwede bang pabayaan mo 'yung pusa?!”…The cat got away. I didn’t see it die pero sabi ni Myles it coughed up blood or at least something like that daw. Didn’t realize I gave it a fatal hit…,” read Joseph’s blog. He was then a sophomore student.
What Joseph didn’t expect was that his blog would be read by many people, blown up, and draw widespread condemnation from animal lovers here and abroad. He also never expected that a criminal case would eventually be filed against him.
Two weeks ago on May 12, after a long and grueling process, the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court (QCMTC) convicted the 20-year-old Joseph for pleading guilty of killing Teng-Teng and violating the Animal Welfare Act. He was ordered to pay a fine of P2,000.
Under the law, the punishment for convicted animal offenders is imprisonment of six months to two years or a fine of P1,000 up to P5,000, or both fine and imprisonment.
Anna Cabrera, executive director of the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), says Joseph’s party appealed for him not to be given a prison term but only to pay a fine. In return, Joseph offered to do two months to a year of volunteer work at PAWS to show his sincere apology and effort to reform.
Groundbreaking development
Joseph’s case is the first conviction for a single act of animal cruelty and for a cat cruelty case.
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