DAVAO CITY - The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) in Sarangani freed three Philippine tarsiers (Carlito syrichta) back to the wild in Alabel town on Monday afternoon.

In a statement on Tuesday, the PENRO in Sarangani said a concerned citizen surrendered the three tarsiers to PENRO Officer Renato C. Domingo in his office.
According to Domingo, “Engelberto J. Gran together with his men found the small primates in Gran's farm at Barangay Bagakay.”
The tarsiers were then examined by Dr. Roy O. Mejorada, in-house veterinarian of Sarangani Environmental Conservation and Protection Center.
The PENRO-Sarangani said two of the three primates were mature male and female, and the other one was a juvenile female tarsier.
“Since the tarsiers didn’t show any signs of injuries and were fit to be released back to the wild, they were freed by the PENRO-Sarangani personnel late afternoon on Monday in an uninhabited area (in) Brgy. Bagakay – the same place where the tarsiers were found,” it said.