MANILA, Philippines — Buboy, the dog that went viral last May for waiting by the door of a faculty room at the Mabalacat City College in Pampanga for his master who had already died, was himself killed after being run over by a vehicle Wednesday morning.
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According to the Animal Kingdom Foundation (AKF), volunteer caregivers rushed over to the campus to check on Buboy. But he was already dead.
“Run free #Buboy. Gone too soon. Every animal-loving Filipino mourns today,” the AFK said in its Facebook post.
The group added that the incident mirrors how people neglect the loyal and loving street dogs by exposing them to dangers even when we have the chance to take care of them.
“They deserve better — loving families and secured homes,” the AFK said.
(Editor: Alexander T. Magno)