‘Pet-friendly’ Philippine restaurant slammed for discriminating against mutts


A mutt named Yoda has gone viral in the Philippines after he was denied entry at a popular restaurant because he was not pure-bred. - LARA ANTONIO/FACEBOOK

MANILA: A popular restaurant in the Philippines is being widely panned online for purportedly discriminating against mutts and mongrels known affectionately among Filipinos as aspins.

In a Facebook post that has drawn close to 130,000 reactions, Ms Lara Antonio claimed that employees at Balay Dako – “big house” in a local dialect – turned her away because she had with her an aspin – a rescue dog she named Yoda.

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