Saving Kabugao the Philippine Eagle
A composite team from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), local governments of Apayao and Kabugao, the non-profit Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) and concerned citizens nursed a critically endangered Philippine Eagle back to health after the eagle was rescued from a farmer in Barangay Bulu of Kabugao town in Apayao province last March 19.According to Ariel Puglay Silaw, a 38-year-old resident of Brgy. Bulu, he accidentally caught Philippine Eagle“Kabugao” on March 16 in a nylon noose trap or silo he installed to capture wild pigs in the forests of Mt. Mabagyaw.