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(President Ramon Magsaysay in 1954 in Masbate)
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Magsaysay in a statement, stated that he was informed by the Director of Animal Industry, Manuel G. Sumulong, that a total of 156,216 carabaos were 

slaughtered from 1947 to 1953 in Manila and suburbs, and that 247,895 were slaughtered in the provinces during the same period; 82,401 of these 

carabaos were slaughtered in Manila and suburbs and the provinces the previous year alone. 
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The President stressed that the slaughtered carabaos were still fit for work, and the indiscriminate slaughtering had resulted in a scarcity of 

animals and a rise in the price of carabaos to such an extent that poor barrio farmers could not afford to buy animals for their farm work.
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<b>Reference:</b><br/>
American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Volume XXX, Number 1, January 1954
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January 26, 1954: President Magsaysay issued an executive order prohibiting the slaughtering of carabaos