Why is animal advocacy group always first to find dumped remains? SJDM police ask

MANILA (UPDATED) — San Jose del Monte police are studying possible courses of action involving an animal advocacy group whose members have repeatedly been among the first to discover and document animal remains dumped in different parts of the city.

In a related social media post, Luna and Furry Siblings reported finding 23 animal bodies allegedly left behind at one of three dumping sites along a creek in Barangay Gaya-Gaya, despite an earlier recovery operation involving the Animal Kingdom Foundation (AKF) and local authorities.

The group’s founder, Chris Taylor, said he had informed the local government and authorities about the three specific dumping sites two days before returning to the area and discovering that one of the sites had allegedly remained untouched.

Taylor said the 23 animal bodies were still inside sacks and had been left on the ground to decompose, making it impossible to identify the animals.

San Jose del Monte police chief PLtCol. Nelson Sardin, however, disputed Taylor’s account, maintaining that police and barangay personnel had already inspected and cleaned the area.

Sardin maintained that additional animal remains could have been dumped after authorities left the location.

“Iyong barangay at saka kami (police), kakaikot lang po namin doon sa mga lugar na pinagtapunan nila. Wala pang dalawang oras, pagtalikod namin, meron nang naitapon doon. So, ibig sabihin, itong mga nagtatapon na ito, binabantayan kaming mga police, na kapag wala nang bantay doon, saka nila isasalisi,” Sardin said.

The police chief also questioned why a certain social media content creator, who seems to be affiliated with the Luna and Furry Siblings social media page, is frequently the first to discover the dumped animal remains and document them.

“Sa lahat ng mga natagpuan na hayop, bakit iyon laging nauuna? At unang nag-video. Tapos kapag nand’yan na iyong media, iyong barangay, umaalis na ‘yon. Hindi naman siya nakikipag-cooperate sa amin o coordinate para dyan,” Sardin said.

He added that police and barangay personnel had been conducting patrols in areas identified as possible dumping sites to prevent further incidents.

Sardin also appealed to the public to be cautious about information circulating on social media and urged them to rely on updates from the city government, barangays, and local police.

Sardin further suggested that the successive dumping incidents could be part of an effort to damage San Jose del Monte’s reputation.

In response, Geraldine Taylor, Chris Taylor’s wife and co-founder of Luna and Furry Siblings, said the group would communicate with the police through its lawyers.

“If the authorities are doing their job, then we shouldn’t be the one to first find the bodies or these animals,” Geraldine Taylor said.

“As we found the bodies, and we connected everything, and found out who was behind it, then now we are connected to them? That sounds ridiculous,” she added.

Geraldine also claimed that authorities failed to act when animal remains were first discovered in a placenta pit in Barangay Minuyan IV in November 2025, saying the site only received attention last week.

Based on the figures provided in the police report, animal remains recovered from the different locations were recorded as follows: 25 in Barangay Minuyan Proper, 33 in Minuyan IV, 14 in Minuyan V, nine in Gaya-Gaya, and three in Muzon East.