We’ll I have just received a very sad news about a juvenile Philippine eagle from the
The Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), named “Kagsabua” a male, 2 year old eagle, that has only been recently released by the Philippine Eagle Research Center Foundation, was killed after spending years of taking care of the giant bird.
Kagsabua was rescued from captivity last 2006 and was only released into the wild March this year after it was shot and wounded by game hunters in the Kitanglad Mountains, located at the southern part of the Philippines.
And on July 10, just a few months after its release, a local farmer from the
He shot it with an air-gun and saw the transmitter attached to its feet, frightened, he buried it in a ravine. He later changed his mind, dressed the eagle and cooked two kilograms of meat. He stated he cooked the eagle as “Tinola,” a Filipino broth.
The attack was only discovered when members from the Philippine Eagle Foundation noticed that radio tracking device of the said eagle was not moving for quite sometime. They started the search and found only the feet of the hapless eagle, with its radio tracking device still attached to it.
Wildlife officials say that the farmer is now detained and is facing 12 years of imprisonment.
“The Philippine environment secretary has called for the farmer to be punished severely to show that the authorities are serious about enforcing the wildlife protection laws,” local newspaper, Philippine Daily Inquirer noted.
“He shot and ate one of the world’s largest, tallest and rarest eagles.” Researchers and those who spent time with “Kagsabua” later on stated that it felt like the perprator, Brian Balaon, has killed their brother.
Kagsabua is just one of the remaining 250 Philippine eagle roaming the Philippine skies. It has a 2 meter wingspan, weighs 8.8 pounds and is only 2 years old and can only be found in the said country.
Aside from “Kagsabua”, “Tinuy-an,” another Philippine eagle, a female one, was also released last June. The team from the Philippine Eagle Research Center are focusing their efforts to track and observe the giant bird closely to avoid another shooting and eating of the endangered eagle.
This is just one of the many killings of endangered eagles going around the world. Last 2005, an immature eagle was killed in
Check out more Philippine Eagle pictures and photos here and here.
Oh, this is so sad :(
It really is quite frightening that so many animals are being killed out, and I wander if many people even care or realize what will eventually happen to the world.
Though I do pity the man if he didn't know the bird he was shooting was endangered, still he should have owned up.
This is really disappointing. We humans should stop killing and eating God's creations, whether it be an endangered species or an excessively bred and farmed one. Nothing good really comes out of all these abuses and exploitation of animals/ Look at the pandemic right now... we are all suffering because of our appetite for animal flesh. Maybe this is nature's way of depopulating us humans who are the only species in the world who brings destruction to the whole planet including all its inhabitants.
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