Anna says she wants to be a lawyer because she wants to protect animals — creatures who don't have voices of their own
But to further protect the welfare of these voiceless creatures, she decided to enter law school and aspired to become a member of the legal profession. She achieved this on December 13 after she passed theAnna was supposed to attend her youngest daughter’s birthday party in school, but she skipped that to await the results alone at home. Her husband was at work, while her eldest was at school too.
Anna said PAWS believes that their little wins always matter as these would encourage more people to care about animal rights. Even in times that they don’t win their cases, they are still somehow successful in some ways: “We want to cause a chilling effect to animal rights offenders that we file complaints because we want them to realize that there are consequences to hurting animals.”
During a dinner with their volunteer lawyers, the wife of one of the counsels coaxed Anna to join her in taking the University of the Philippines Law Aptitude Examination , the entrance exam to the UP College of Law. Anna had doubts since she was in her late 40s at the time, but she was successfully persuaded by her colleague.
But at the end of the day, Anna has a deeper reason why she wanted to become a lawyer for animals. She shared with Rappler that she had an unforgettable experience during a hearing for an animal cruelty case, where the magistrate told the parties to just settle the issue through payment. The judge even asked for the amount of the dog during trial.
Things got worse when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. She had a hard time adjusting to the online set-up since she was not a digital native. At first, she did not even know how to operate telecommunications applications and software.
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