DAVAO CITY—The Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) released Philippine eagle “Mal’lambugok” back to the wild on Saturday after being nursed back to health for nearly two months at its center in Barangay Malagos, Baguio District in Davao City.
In an information released by the Provincial Information Office of Davao Oriental, the almost two-year-old female raptor was released iin Sitio Palo Siete in Barangay Sobrecarey, Caraga town in the province two months after it was found trapped in Sitio Tagbanahao of the same barangay, after preying on the livestock at a farm there.
“Mal’lambugok” is a Mandaya word for “eagle.”
The release was led by Davao Oriental Governor Nelson Dayanghirang, and representatives from the Philippine Eagle Foundation, Municipal Government of Caraga, and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in time for the observance of the “World Environment Health Day.”
The PEF installed a global positioning system (GPS) transmitter on its back to monitor the eagle’s movement. The foundation raised P364,736.69 though online crowdfunding for its tracking and monitoring.