Philippines: Facebook wrath over dog-in-a-sack photo

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What's pissing off Filipino dog lovers today?

This photo, snapped in traffic by a Facebook user and brought to prominence by PAWS, the Philippine Animal Welfare Society.

According to PAWS, no, it's not Photoshopped.

And yes, through the all-seeing eyes of vengeance-seeking Facebook users, the car's owner was tracked down within 24 hours.

The group isn't releasing the perpetrator or perpetrators' names, perhaps to spare them from Facebook users with sacks, SUVs and a taste for eye-for-an-eye retribution.

Said one Facebook user, expressing a popular sentiment: "The owner should also suffer the same fate of the poor dog!"

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