UPMin Animal Welfare Committee

📣 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐎𝐌1 📣

Sadly, Liblib and her bestie, SOM1, had to return to campus after their new home setup did not work out as hoped. While they adjusted well in many ways, both dogs were found to chase cats—and since their new house had many, it became unsafe for everyone involved.

As heartbreaking as this is, the experience helped us better understand the kind of home where they would truly thrive:
🐾 A home with a fenced yard
🐾 A cat-free environment (other dogs are absolutely okay!)
🐾 A family who can provide proper food and vet care

Both Liblib and SOM1 are spayed/neutered and vaccinated against rabies. They are incredibly social dogs who love both people and fellow dogs. Liblib, especially, would choose affection and cuddles over food any day. 🥹

We would love for them to be adopted together, but they can also be adopted separately. During their time apart, SOM1 showed that he can adjust well on his own too.

Send us a message if you’re interested in adopting a campus dog! 🐾We can personally transport them anywhere within Davao City to help them safely get to their new home.

They’ve already gone through so much—we’re hoping their next home will finally be their forever one. 🤍

🚨 SOS: Help us find Charlie 🐾

Charlie usually hangs out near UPMin Guard House 1, but he’s been missing for over 3 days now. We’re really worried he may have gotten spooked during the recent heavy thunderstorms 🌧️

If you spot him, please send us a message so we can check on his condition right away.

🚨 𝐒𝐎𝐒: 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐔𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐏𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬 🐶

Over the weekend, Jolina escaped after breaking part of her crate during a bad thunderstorm. Our volunteers have since fixed the enclosure, and she still shows up during feeding time.

We’ve only managed to find 1 out of her 3 puppies. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 2 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. 😔

We’re attaching photos of the missing puppies for reference, along with the puppy already located. Please help us keep an eye out around campus!

⚠️ 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲.

📩 If you spot them, please message this page or report directly to the GAD Office.

🚫 Please do not attempt to retrieve the puppies on your own for everyone’s safety.

We’re hoping to safely reunite Jolina with her pups soon so we can move forward with their care, adoption, and Jolina’s spaying. Every sighting helps—thank you so much! 🙏

𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐱 𝐏𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 🐶💛

With the help of our volunteers, we've safely trapped one of the two remaining tagged mama dogs on campus, along with her 3 puppies! They’re now in our rehab crate. Jolina, as we've named mama dog, is showing signs of malnutrition. She's part of the notoriously skittish Gray family. Her puppies, however, are very 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒈.

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. 💛 This little family will need puppy food and vitamins, kennel cleaning supplies, and funds for Mama’s spay once the pups are weaned.

In-kind donations may be dropped off at the GAD Office or CARIM. Monetary donations may be coursed through our partner organization, Youth For Animals - UP Mindanao (we've attached their QR in the last photo).

(P.S. Our social media person has absolutely fallen in love with the puppies… and we regret to inform everyone that the self-imposed 4-photo rule has been emotionally overruled 🐶📸)

𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝! 🐾

After many attempts, we finally caught Blackeye—one of the most elusive dogs on campus—and had him neutered, thanks to a trap lent by the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS).

Next goal: his 3 siblings and their mom.

Huge thanks to the City Veterinarian's Office - Davao City for helping transfer Blackeye from the trap to a crate, to Ms. Darlene, Ms. Ana, and Ms. Elay for setting up and regularly checking on the trap, and to a/Prof. Dianne Ligue-Sabio and her husband, Sir Rey, for generously covering the vet costs.

This effort is a reminder that meaningful progress in managing the stray population—both on campus and beyond—relies on collective action and cooperation.

𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 🐾

Three of our regulars at the EBL Dorm are now officially spayed/neutered and vaccinated against rabies:

🐶 Kabkab
🐱 Meow
🐱 Meow-meow

Small steps like these make a big difference. By managing the stray population, we’re helping create a safer campus—for both people and animals—while reducing the risk of bites and rabies.

Special shoutout to Ms. Daday for assisting us in tagging animals around the EBL vicinity. Through her help, we were able to spay 3 female dogs last year. And this year, we’re aiming to reach even more cats and dogs in the area. 💚

𝗦𝗢𝗠1 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸! 🎉🐶

After a particularly rigorous neuter surgery (which doubled as a teaching session for our student volunteers 😅), SOM1 was sent to a volunteer’s home for monitoring—we felt he wasn’t quite ready for release just yet.

Now here’s where it gets even better: SOM1 was brought to the same home where Liblib now lives—his old bestie. So you can imagine our (not-so-surprised) happiness when the volunteer told us:

✔️ SOM1 charmed their mom (now his grandma)
✔️ 𝗦𝗢𝗠1 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴
✔️ SOM1 is not coming back to campus

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗴—𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝘄-𝘂𝗽. 🏡✨

SOM1 didn’t have the easiest start—he had severe mange and was badly malnourished. Thanks to the SOM staff who stepped in, he got a second chance. Special shoutout to Jake, Ma’am Rodge, and Sir Levi for looking out for him! 💙

His neutering and anti-rabies vaccination were made possible through:
𖹭 Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
𖹭 Youth For Animals - UP Mindanao
𖹭 Ugnayan ng Pahinungod Mindanao
𖹭 City Veterinarian's Office - Davao City

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SOM1 got his name because he used to hang around the School of Management and was tagged as Dog 1 (yes, there used to be a SOM2… we miss you, buddy 🥲).

𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩! 🐾✨

Neutered, vaccinated, and thriving!

A few months ago, we got a report about a cat with a pretty serious wound on his side hanging out by the campus entrance guard house. After a round of antibiotics, he healed up like a champ. With regular feeding, our volunteer Alex slowly earned his trust—enough to finally get him to our spay and neuter event last Saturday.

We 𝙙𝙞𝙙 expect a bit of post-surgery attitude (honestly, fair), but Charlie said “no hard feelings”—and was back to begging for snacks the very next time a volunteer visited his spot. Some things never change. 😸

Special thanks to our partners once again:
𖹭 Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
𖹭 Youth For Animals - UP Mindanao
𖹭 Ugnayan ng Pahinungod Mindanao
𖹭 City Veterinarian's Office - Davao City

𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧!

Meet Kali (top photos) and Papa Dog (bottom photos). They also received their anti-rabies vaccinations.

Kali used to be always pregnant—but not anymore! No more surprise litters, just a well-deserved break 🐶💛

Papa Dog, on the other hand, has quite the tough-guy reputation and tends to get into scuffles with other dogs. We’re hoping that neutering will help mellow him out and keep the peace in his area.

Both dogs are now back in their areas—making puppy eyes at passersby like the pros they are. ✨

This was made possible through the dedication of:
𖹭 Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
𖹭 Youth For Animals - UP Mindanao
𖹭 Ugnayan ng Pahinungod Mindanao
𖹭 City Veterinarian's Office - Davao City
𖹭 Barangay Bago-Oshiro ADMIN

We’d also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the staff of the GAD Office and TTBDO for their invaluable help in tagging the dogs for capture. Your support made this possible! 💛

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲! 🐶✨

We also successfully spayed/neutered and gave anti-rabies vaccinations to a 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗦𝗠 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀—our biggest batch of catch-neuter/spay-vaccinate-return as of yet.

੯·̀͡⬮Top left to right (neutered): Ticboy and Jeorge

੯·̀͡⬮Bottom left to right (spayed): Capybarra (aka Junjunita), Sasha, and Coco

This was made possible through the dedication of:
𖹭 Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
𖹭 Youth For Animals - UP Mindanao
𖹭 Ugnayan ng Pahinungod Mindanao
𖹭 City Veterinarian's Office - Davao City
𖹭 Barangay Bago-Oshiro ADMIN

This wouldn’t have been possible without our amazing CSM staff who helped tag the dogs needing surgery and were hands-on with us during the big day. Grabe kayo—in the best way! 🙌