Asong Pinoy

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:13:54 +0000

APPROXIMATELY 750 million dogs are living on their own, according to a 2016 report in The New York Times.

The number could be higher today.

According to the same report, there are about a billion dogs living on earth at that time.

There could be so many more at present.

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Dogs that live on their own are called village dogs, street dogs, stray dogs. They are dogs that breed freely among themselves.

In the Philippines, we call them askal, short for asong kalye. Thank God someone has baptized them with a new, friendlier name, Asong Pinoy.

Let’s be kind to these street dogs. Better still, adopt one of them.

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ALAMIN KAY KUYA KIM: What animal kills the largest number of people in the world?

Kuya Kim: The animal that kills the largest number of people in the world is the mosquito. It can cause 725,000 deaths in one year.