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(Eagle News) — Isang sugatang dolphin o lumba-lumba ang nakita sa baybaying dagat ng Playa La Caleta Resort sa bayan ng Morong lalawigan ng Bataan. Ayon sa management ng resort nakita ito ng isa nilang guest dakong alas sais ng umaga (6:00 AM) nitong Huwebes, Enero 10. Sinubukang maibalik ito ng mga bantay-dagat ng Bagac at Morong ngunit pilit daw itong bumabalik sa baybayin. Kaya napilitan na silang itawag ito sa kinauukulan. Nagsanib-pwersa naman ang […]
by Marina KORENEVA Agence France-Presse RAPPOLOVO, Rusia (AFP) — A lion that escaped from an airport, a crocodile found at a rubbish dump and an elk attacked by stray dogs — all these animals have found refuge in an unusual private shelter in Russia. Dozens of bears have also passed through the Velez center, just outside Saint Petersburg, since it was opened in 2009 by businessman Alexander Fyodorov, who says he spent more than $1 […]
TOULOUSE, France (AFP) The release of additional bears into the Pyrenees mountains straddling France and Spain is needed to ensure the fledgling population’s survival, the activist group charged with the bears’ protection said Wednesday. “The good news of 2018 is without doubt the release of two bears in the Bearn region in October,” the Ferus association said, referring to the border region. “But there’s still a long road ahead of us,” it added. Government officials […]
by Shingo ITO / Miwa SUZUKI Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan said Wednesday it is withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission and will resume commercial whaling next year, sparking criticism from activists and anti-whaling countries including Australia. The announcement comes after Japan failed earlier this year to convince the IWC to allow it to resume commercial whaling. Top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said the commercial hunts would be limited to Japan’s territorial waters. […]
by Dmitry ZAKS Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain is forbidding puppies and kittens from being sold by pet shops in a bid to crack down on animal exploitation and abuse. The government said it will roll out the legislation next year after holding public consultations that showed 95-percent support for the ban. “This will mean that anyone looking to buy or adopt a puppy or kitten under six months must […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — The world’s only known albino orangutan has been released back into the jungle more than a year after she was found emaciated and bloody in a remote corner of Borneo, an Indonesian NGO said Friday. Environmentalists rescued “Alba” from a cage where she was being kept as a pet by villagers in Central Kalimantan in April last year. She was found with dry blood smeared around her nose — the result […]
by Kelly WANG Agence France-Presse WUHAN, China (AFP) — In an oxbow lake along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, a breathy sigh pierces the surface stillness as one of China’s most endangered animals comes up for a gulp of hazy air. A slick black back with no dorsal fin arches briefly above the water line before plunging back down. Such glimpses of the shy Yangtze finless porpoise, the only aquatic mammal left in […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s unique platypus population is shrinking under pressure from agriculture and pollution, putting the egg-laying mammals’ future in doubt, researchers said in a report published Thursday. A three-year survey of the duck-billed animal suggested its numbers had fallen by 30 percent, to around 200,000, since Europeans settled the continent two centuries ago. “We have great concerns about the future survival of this unique species,” said Richard Kingsford, director of the University […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — Six beached whales were successfully refloated off New Zealand Tuesday, rescuers said, after a spate of mass stranding in recent days that resulted in the deaths of dozens of marine mammals. Wildlife rangers and volunteers used pontoons to float the killer pygmy whales — part of a group of 12 found beached in the country’s far north on Sunday — and take them about 400 meters (437 yards) offshore. “We […]
(Eagle News) — Pinakawalan na pabalik sa karagatan ang natagpuang giant leatherback sea turtle sa baybaying dagat ng Balatan, Camarines Sur. Ginamot muna ang mga sugat ng nasabing leatherback sea turtle at nilagyan ito ng tag bago pinakawalan. Nahagip umano ng lambat ang nasabing giant leatherback sea turtle na may bigat na apat na raang (400) kilo sa Ragay Gulf nitong Miyerkules, Nobyembre 21. Sinaksihan naman ng mga residente ng Barangay Duran ang send-off sa […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A sperm whale has been found dead in Indonesia with 115 plastic cups and 25 plastic bags in its stomach, raising concern among environmentalists and throwing the spotlight on the country’s rubbish problem. The items were part of nearly six kilograms (13 pounds) of plastic waste discovered in the 9.5-meter (31-foot) carcass when it washed ashore in Wakatobi National Park, in Southeast Sulawesi province, on Monday. Other debris included flip flops […]
(Eagle News) — Viral ngayon ang video ng isang aso na sumakay sa jeep para hanapin ang kaniyang amo. Ayon sa netizen, habang isang lalaki ang sumakay sa jeep ay mayroon biglang sumakay na isang aso. Tila hindi mapakali ang aso habang nakadungaw sa labas ng sasakyan. At, nakakabilib ang sumunod na nangyari dahil matapos huminto ang jeep sa stoplight, sakto namang huminto rin ang isa pang sasakyan kung saan nakasakay ang amo ng aso. […]
