Saving the eagles

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews) – In a bid to prevent the electrocution of the critically endangered Philippine eagle and other bird species, the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) has started the insulation of a 1.5-kilometer stretch of electric line at Mount Sinaka in North Cotabato as part of efforts to conserve the country’s national bird.

Dr. Jayson Ibañez, PEF director for research and conservation, said in a statement the power lines of the Cotabato Electric Cooperative Inc. (COTELthat killed a juvenile Philin 2018.

- ed some burn marks on the vessels ruptured due to on a nearby non-insulated power line of COTELCO. explained that the power pole where the bird landed held a bare, non-insulated “secondary line” with 220 volts of electrical power.

The bird apparently came in contact with the two naked wires simultaneously, kill-

It was the country's for accidental electrocution from bare wires.

( /SAVING/7)