PDH Beneficiary for February: Animal Kingdom Foundation Inc.

The Animal Kingdom Foundation, Inc., or more commonly known in the Philippines' animal welfare world as simply AKF, is the local affiliate of the International Wildlife Coalition Trust (IWCT) based in the United Kingdom. AKF's mission is to support, protect and promote welfare and the rights of animals, to eliminate the practice of illegal slaughter of dogs for human consumption and to introduce legislations or amendments in the existing animal welfare laws of the Philippines.

A non-stock, non-profit animal welfare organization, the Animal Kingdom Foundation is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and duly enlisted with the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Animal Industry, Animal Welfare Division. The AKF has been in the forefront of animal welfare advocacy in the country since 2002. Enforcing Republic Act 8485 - or the Animal Welfare Act of 1998 - against illegal dog traders is the main weapon utilized by AKF in its day-to-day operation against animal cruelty.

Visit their website (http://www.animalkingdomfoundation.org) or like their Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/animalkingdomfoundationphilippines) to know more about them and what they do.

Stay tuned for more PDH updates! See you at "A Furry Kind of Love," on February 16 at the Alabang Town Center!