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Sunday, November 8, 2026

Issue #136

Pet Crematorium Scandal Draws Senate Probe

Dumped dog and cat remains found at multiple sites in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, prompt a Senate investigation and calls to regulate pet aftercare services, while the US ambassador rules out a Pax Silica announcement at the Manila ASEAN Summit.

By the MMI Real Estate Desk

Pet Crematorium Scandal Draws Senate Probe

The remains of dogs and cats, some in plastic bags and some barely recognizable, have been turning up in the vegetation of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, for more than a week. On Saturday, animal welfare group Luna and Furry Friends found another dumping site in Barangay Gaya-Gaya and recovered 12 more animal remains there, a day after reporting around 16 bodies near an access road. The group's founder, Chris Taylor, said informants were helping direct the search, and the group has lost count of the total recovered since the first discovery. At least 250 pet owners have now filed complaints against Cavite-based Ahjay Paws Aftercare Pet Crematorium, which they say took payment for cremation that may not have been performed. Criminal charges were filed on Friday against the crematorium's owner and three others.

The story moved from a local animal-welfare complaint to a national regulatory question within the day. Senator Loren Legarda filed Senate Resolution No. 759, seeking an investigation in aid of legislation into the dumping and into whether existing rules governing pet cremation and aftercare are adequate. The Philippine Animal Welfare Act of 1998 does not regulate afterlife pet care, according to Heidi Marquez, president and program director of the Animal Kingdom Foundation, because lawmakers never anticipated problems arising from it; she described the current law as fragmented and said advocates are drafting proposals to make it cohesive. An Inquirer opinion piece noted that some owners who had already received urns of ashes found their pets' bodies among the dumped animals, and warned that more dump sites could exist in Bulacan and elsewhere in Metro Manila.

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