8/4/2010 - Photo
No to Tambucho Killing!
Horrors of tambucho gassing of unwanted dogs
by Patricia Bermudez-Hizon
In city and municipal pounds across the country, they are and have been using a horrifying method of putting down unclaimed and unwanted dogs.
Just recently, the Department of Agriculture enacted an Administrative Order which allows for the inhumane “tambucho-gassing method” of dogs (and even cats).
The procedure starts with seven to ten dogs manhandled and stuffed in a metal box that they seal. The dogs as one can imagine howl and wail in panic and fear, scratching the walls of the box, and each other. A hose is connected from a vehicle’s exhaust pipe (tambucho) to the metal box. The vehicle revs its engine continuously for 10 to 15 minutes, emitting poisonous fumes, sending the dogs to a maddening frenzy, whimpering and howling, feeling every bit of pain possible.
Then… silence. Death.
