DAVAO CITY — Efforts at conservation of the critically endangered Philippine Eagle  (Pitechopaga jefferyi), the country’s national bird, suffered a setback in the past several days with two raptors having died from electrocution. The first, a female juvenile eagle, was found dead near an electric post in Barangay Guinalaban, Salay, Misamis Oriental on Oct. 1. The second, also a female eagle, was found dead in Barangay Libertad in Arakan, Cotabato on Oct. 4. READ: Philippine eagle faces higher risk of extinction, study finds Both had burn marks, and separate necropsy procedures had established that they died of electrocution. Dr. Jayson Ibañez, Philippine Eagle […]...

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