Huge bird rescued in MP town
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BESAO, Mt. Province (Jan. 19) — An injured huge bird believed to be a Philippine Eagle was rescued last week in a forest in Barangay Laylaya, here.
The bird, which is now undergoing treatment under the custody of Agriculturist and Veterinarian Dam-ay Guinayen. The bird reportedly suffered a gunshot wound on its right wing damaging a bone.
Community Environment and Natural Resource Office (CENRO) officials decided to let the bird remain under Guinayen’s care until it fully recovers because there is no functional endangered species rescue center in the region. Environment officials will release the bird where it was found when it has fully recovered.
Even the Parks and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Baguio City is reportedly not capable of providing care and management of such kind of bird saying a Serpent Eagle died three days after it was brought to their custody.
CENRO-Sabangan identified the bird as a Serpent Eagle similar to a bird caught sometime in 2000 at Lake Danum in Sagada. # A. Doga-ong/ PIA-MP
