WANDERLUST | Mindanao’s greatest puppy store opens in Davao
IN THE early 90s Davao, Victoria Plaza (now NCCC VP Mall) used to be THE position to be – whether or not for buying groceries, eating, observing motion pictures and displays by means of the fountain, renting out laser discs, having movie pictures evolved, and purchasing pets and puppy equipment. In fact, in terms of the latter, there can most effective be one : PetCo. For plenty of Dabawenyos, PetCo used to be a vacation spot in itself, being the primary complete fledged puppy store inside of Davao’s first mall.
Rapid ahead to 2022, the common-or-garden puppy store that Wilson Bangayan established is now rebranded as Puppy Zoofari, the “greatest, grandest, and maximum whole puppy depot” in Mindanao, positioned alongside JP Laurel Street.
“Again then, I used to be doing the whole lot from packing to pricing to doing the aquarium arrange and going to the airport early within the morning to pick out up the animals,” stated Bangayan.
All over this system, he handed the baton to his son, Christopher, who’s now the CEO.
Constructed the use of 4 container trucks, Puppy Zoofari is a 400 sq. meter house that homes virtually the whole lot puppy very important, whether or not they’re two or 4 legged, hairy, feathered, or finned. It additionally has a drive-thru and supply services and products – some other first for Mindanao.
The shop formally opened to the general public remaining Friday, July 15, with a ribbon reducing rite led by means of the daddy and son Bangayan at the side of Gene Bangayan, Cathy Bangayan, Eduardo Bangayan and Architect Mike Dakudao.
The rainforest-themed with a safari vibe puppy store is full of racks stuffed with dog food, equipment, toys, garments, cots, decors, medication and dietary supplements, amongst others.
In fact, they promote all varieties of pets, from more than a few species species of fish, birds, reptiles, cats, canines, or even hen. Proper on the heart of the shop, they equipped a big fenced play house the place shoppers can engage and decide which puppy cat or canine they may be able to shape a bond with.
