Cops Seize 25 Endangered Bird Species in Sarangani

25 hornbills seized in Sarangani checkpoint; 6 found dead

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 1 Oct) — Twenty-five hornbills, a protected species crucial to forest regeneration, were seized at a checkpoint in Barangay Tinoto, Maasim, Sarangani Province on Sept. 27, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 12. Hornbills, including Writhed and Rufous species, were discovered crammed in makeshift cages inside luggage at a checkpoint in Barangay Tinoto, Maasim, Sarangani …

Cops seize 25 endangered bird species in Sarangani

By Edwin Fernandez (Infographic courtesy of Sarangani Provincial Police Office) KORONADAL CITY – Alert police officers manning a checkpoint in Maasim, Sarangani province, arrested a man on Monday for illegally transporting 25 endangered bird species, police reported. Col. Jerone Orville Panganiban, acting provincial director of the Sarangani Police Provincial Office, said personnel from the 2nd Sarangani Provincial Mobile Force Company (SPMFC) a…