Jericho Rosales and Heart Evangelista, according to PAWS, are perfect for the "See Beauty Beyond Breed" campaign. They both love animals and are deeply affected by news about animal cruelty.

Heart says that she's been a dog-lover ever since she was a kid. "I grew up with German Shepherds, so I was basically crawling with them. They're my playmates and stuff. That's why I developed this love for dogs. No, I don't think it's just that...I think they're adorable creatures."

 

Here, Heart is hugging Brian, one of the native dogs under the care of PAWS Animal Shelter.

Actor-singer Jericho Rosales confessed to PAWS, "Pinaglihi talaga ako sa pusa, kaya ako mahilig sa pusa." In fact, he said he owns a cat right now. "Mataba siyang malaki. Belgian cat. Silver. Male. Kamukha niya yung sa Tom and Jerry," described Jericho.

 

In this picture, Jericho posed with Marie, one of the cats rescued by PAWS Animal Shelter.

Heart on animal cruelty: "Sometimes the tendency is, when you see a dog being grabbed by its ear, you can't just say [sweetly] ‘Don't do that.' It's like, ‘Why are you doing that?!' It's hard, it's hard. But I really will go up to people. I can't take it."

Echo, popular nickname of Jericho, posed here with Twister, another native cat staying at the PAWS Animal Shelter.

 

Echo said that he used to bring home stray cats whenever he found one. "Dati ang mga unang pusa ko galing sa kalsada, sa kalye. Inuuwi namin pag galing kami sa restaurant nakita naming sa ilalim inuuwi naming. Palipat-lipat kami ng bahay dati [kaya] natigil na din yun," narrated Echo.

Heart, who visited PAWS Animal Shelter once, said that she also has an askal (asong kalye or native dog). "I have an askal back home, with my dad and my mom. Ever since...before kasi our shih tzu, nabuntis siya ng askal [kaya] we had a few askal puppies."

 

She can't stand the fact that people maltreat native dogs and cats, "Sometimes, people can get judgmental. Porke't askal lang, di ba? There are a lot of people making reklamo that askals are violent, nangangagat. They're just nangangagat because they're not treated well."