INTERVIEWER:  There’s a, there’s some cultural differences, that ah, you know... with Filipinos and Americans.  There are some things that Americans don’t understand as well, and one of those is of course, you know is eating dogs.  Is that a common practice here?  Is it something that, that’s more tolerated? MAYOR:  Actually, it’s a tribal and indigenous practice in the hinterlands. Here in Cordillera region, eating dog meat is actually a permitted tribal practice, an indigenous practice. INTERVIEWER:  So it is, it is permitted here in the City of Baguio? MAYOR:  Yeah.  But now we have a national law and that national law prohibits the butchering of dog meat... of dogs. INTERVIEWER:  Oh! Okay. INTERVIEWER:  So does it… do people eat dogs here or is it tolerated to a certain degree or…? MAYOR:  What is actually happening is ah… some of the dog meat that is consumed here are being butchered outside the city, but there are brought in, to some of the indigenous restaurants.  We don’t have these of course in a regular tourist establishment. INTERVIEWER:  Right.