DAVAO CITY – A Philippine Eagle with a bullet wound on its left wing died hours after it was found by soldiers in Barangay Mangayon, Compostela, Davao de Oro on Monday, July 8.
The Philippine Eagle Foundation said soldiers immediately transported the weak eagle named “Mangayon” after the area where it was found to the nearest patrol base with the help of Indigenous Peoples before the raptor was transferred to the Compostela Municipal Hall.
The PEF said they found the eagle – tied with a nylon string and covered with a red shirt while being cradled by a soldier – lethargic and already unresponsive with its “right eye partially dilated.”Based on initial assessment, rescuers discovered that the injured eagle was male, weighed five kilograms, and had a body condition score of one , indicating “slight thinness and dehydration.”
“During the journey, Mangayon intermittently vomited foul-smelling oral discharges, which were undigested food from his crop. Apart from the occasional discharges, Mangayon remained lethargic during the entire trip,” the PEF said.
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