MPT South, PAWS ink 'Love Pets, Save Lives' partnership

by Ruel Francisco July 10, 2022 MPT South, PAWS ink 'Love Pets, Save Lives' Metro Pacific Tollways South (MPT South), a subsidiary o...

by Ruel Francisco
July 10, 2022

MPT South, PAWS ink 'Love Pets, Save Lives'

Metro Pacific Tollways South (MPT South), a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) this June 16 to address cases of stray animals wandering the busy roads of the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway (CAVITEX), CAVITEX C5 Link, and the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX).

Under the MoU, MPT South and PAWS will be working to implement a corporate social responsibility (CSR) program called "Love Pets, Save Lives".



The partnership includes the conduct of responsible pet ownership seminars, free spaying and neutering (Kapon) procedures, and will provide free vitamins for cats and dogs of the indigent pet owners in the communities of MPT South.

"This is a milestone for MPT South in addressing and providing a more sustainable and humane solution to the issue of stray animals inside our expressways. As we collaborate with the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), we aim to resolve this by providing responsible pet ownership seminars and providing free spay and neuter services," said Mr. Raul L. Ignacio, President and General Manager of MPT South.



“We, at the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), are honored to be partners of MPT South for its “Love Pets, Save Lives” program. It is the first of its kind for an expressway developer to launch an animal welfare program. This, in itself, breaks barriers and gives hope for an organization like PAWS – that more and more companies are seeing the wisdom of a PREVENTIVE approach to the stray problem,” said Ms. Anna Cabrera, Executive Director of PAWS.

PAWS is a registered non-profit, volunteer-based organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the humane treatment of all animals. It believes that providing free or affordable Kapon for pets is the long-term and sustainable solution to pet homelessness. (RBF/PIA-Cavite with reports from MRT South)