‘Tagoyaman Fernando’ during his rescue. Photo from the Philippine Eagle Foundation’s website
In a press statement posted on the PEF website, Dr. Jayson Ibañez, the foundation’s director of research and conservation, said the immature Philippine eagle was rescued on October 4, 2020, four days after it got entangled in a “native trap” at the Pantaron mountains in San Fernando, Bukidnon.
It was immediately transported to the Philippine Eagle Center in Malagos, Baguio District in Davao City for rehabilitation after being turned over by officials of the local government of Bukidnon and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to the foundation last October 5 in Malaybalay City.
Upon examination, Ibañez said the bird “weighed 3.
9 kgs, had good muscles and appeared to have no serious injuries,” except from an injury it sustained from an air gun pellet lodged on its right wing.
