Welcome to CARA Philippines
Welcome to Compassion and Responsibility for Animals (CARA) Philippines.
CARA was formed in the year 2000 by a dedicated group of animal lovers, determined to help the plight of the animals in the Philippines.
We are a non-profit, non-government organisation (NGO) that is duly registered with the Security Exchange Commission (SEC).
CARA's program can be summed up as ABC and E, which stands for Animal Birth Control and Education.
At its inception, the members agreed that our primary goal would be to focus on reducing the population of unwanted animals not by euthanasia, but with a dedicated spay/neuter programme. This programme is commonly referred to as Trap/Neuter/Return.
To find out more about the programme please click on: What is T/N/R?
CARA's second objective is Education. This is no easy task; cruelty and abuse to animals is an every day occurrence in the Philippines. Animals living on the streets proliferate mostly in depressed areas. In the more affluent villages, the residents prefer catching, killing or dumping the animals rather than sterilization. The government has no budget for animal welfare, nor supports a spay/neuter program and like most of the citizens prefer the quick fix method of disposing the strays. CARA is haunted by cats and dogs being caught and sold for food, maybe even for fur. Even worse, sold for experimentation to veterinary schools and laboratories.
We have an education committee that visits local schools to teach, in an interesting and informative manner, about responsible pet ownership. Hopefully by starting with the youngest members of the population, we can inspire them to care for their fellow beings and change the behaviour of their elders.
We have helped and volunteered at the Makati Dog Pound for many years and have recently been successful in reaching a Memorandum of Agreement with the Makati City Hall and the Dog Pound for a better and humanely managed facility. A step in the right direction. To learn more about our educational work and our aims please click on: Our Mission
CARA'S GUTSY MOVE
Our July 17, 2007 CARA Fundraiser at Manila Golf and Country Club-- to establish the country's first dedicated Spay & Neuter Clinic-- was quite successful. Sales of limited edition prints of underwater images generously donated by Scott "Gutsy" Tuason and Eduardo "Dodo" Cu Unjieng brought in the bulk of funds raised. Luli Arroyo's beautiful underwater photo of a Lionfish fetched Php30,000 in a lively auction conducted by the indefatigable Tessa "Sea Princess" Prieto.
Altogether, the print sales, auction and donations were very good. We did have some costs though: printing and framing, set-up, invitations and food & drinks so the net funds raised for the Spay & Neuter Clinic amounted to about Php400,000.
Our heartfelt thanks go to our CARA members and volunteers and our generous sponsors and benefactors: Cibo and Fu restaurants, and Mentxaka, GNC, Stoked, Globe Telecom, Philippine Air Lines, and Camp John Hay for their wonderful raffle prizes.
Please continue to support our efforts to control our street cat/dog population. We will need your continued support to sustain the operations of the CARA Spay & Neuter Clinic.
Paypal is quick, easy and secure. We really appreciate any form of monetary help that you can extend; all donations received go directly to helping the animals of the Philippines.