MANILA, Philippines – Getting a dog can be one of the best decisions you make in your life, but what many people don’t realize is that they don’t always have to choose a pedigreed pup or a designer dog.

The better choice might even be to adopt a dog from a shelter or save organization. When you adopt, a person give a pooch with a past the family it deserves while also freeing up space at the shelters for more dogs who need it.  

While most people still turn to breeders and pet stores to find their pets, a lot more and more fur parents are adopting instead associated with shopping – including the number of local celebs.

These are just some associated with the stars who prove that recovery dogs have as much love to give as any purebred pupper:

Heart Evangelista

As an ambassador for the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) , Heart has adopted her fair share of animal rescues. So far, her pack includes three cats, five dogs, and even a lamb named Bambino . It’s safe to say that her pets are now living their best lives and are much better groomed, a lot more well-dressed, plus probably better smelling than the rest of us. Heart’s favorite of the bunch will be Panda, the glamorous black-and-white aspin who was rescued through Nasugbu, Batangas.

Sharon Cuneta

The Megastar first met her rescue dog, an 8-year-old stray, while filming Revirginized within Olongapo. At the time, she was feeling sad over the news associated with her friend, the late makeup artist Fanny Serrano, suffering a stroke, and the canine became the girl “ray of sunshine. ” She called him Pawi, after her costar Marco Gumabao’s character in the particular film. It was only months later after the search, rehabilitation, and medical treatment that will she was able to bring the dog home, right in time for Christmas.  

Carla Abellana and Tom Rodriguez

Carla is a big animal lover, sponsoring the veterinary treatments associated with animals within need plus using the girl platform in order to call out irresponsible pet owners and pet abusers. She first used a dog from PAWS in 2018 for her grandmother who has Alzheimer’s. Two years later on, she and Tom followed two aspins , Wing and Fly, to keep Carla’s Jack Russell Terrier Patches company. Sadly, Wing died in November 2020 .

Iza Calzado

Iza plus her husband Ben Wintle adopted their own dog Roger from the shelter Pawssion Project in 2021. The couple already had several canines before but decided that their next pet would be the rescue. This was really like at first sight when they met Roger at the particular shelter. “He looked at me like he knew me personally, ” Iza said in a video shared by Pawssion Task.  

Joey Mead and Angie King

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Joey and Angie have been taking in animals for years, plus by now, their rescues are too many to count. The couple has saved run away dogs and cats, as well because horses that were abandoned during the Taal eruption. They bring most of their particular rescued creatures to their farm in Batangas, where Joey and Angie have set up special spaces for that animals in order to roam and play.

Fernando Zobel de Ayala

The particular tycoon and his family possess always loved dogs yet decided after a visit to PAWS that will they might focus on adopting instead of buying from breeders. As of 2020, this individual counts nine rescue dogs – four in his Manila home plus five upon his plantation. One associated with them, Bonito, is a three-legged aspin.

If these celebrities have got inspired you to get a rescue dog, there are a number of animal shelters you can check away. There’s FEET , where many of these celebrities found their furbabies. There’s Pawssion Project , which has pet shelters in Bacolod and Bulacan, and Lara’s Ark , which offers shelters within Mandaluyong and Batangas. You can furthermore check your local city pound, where many animals are usually euthanized if they go unadopted for a period of time. – Rappler. com