Death of Ph eagle shows gov’t failure to protect biodiversity, says green group
Death of Ph eagle shows gov’t failure to protect biodiversity, says green group
By Dee Ayroso
MANILA–The Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) said the death of the Philippine eagle Pamana exposed government’s “low priority” in protecting the country’s endangered species and forests.
Pamana, a three-year old female Philippine Eagle (pithecophaga jefferyi) was found decomposing with a bullet wound in the chest on Aug. 16 in Mt. Hamiguitan, Davao Oriental, two months after it was released into the wild. The eagle was released on June 12, after two years of rehabilitation by the Philippine Eagle Foundation, which rescued her in 2012, as an eaglet found with two bullet wounds.
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