Since PAWS built its own animal shelter PAWS Animal Rehabilitation Center (PARC) in 2001, 90 percent of dogs that it had taken in were mixed-breed mutts, or askal as they are commonly referred to ...

Street dogs in the Philippines used to be commonly called askal or asong kalye, but animal advocates have been pushing for an alternative name: aspin or asong Pinoy. In Jamie Santos's report on "24 ...

Move over, German Shepherds and Rottweilers. The “askal” (“asong kalye,” or street dog) or “aspin” (“asong Pinoy,” or Filipino dog) is better suited for K-9 security unit duties ...