The council attributed the trend to the increased awareness of the Palawan public about wildlife issues, as the PCSDS continues to utilize social media as a platform for education and related campaigns.
The Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD), in a statement issued Tuesday evening, said that a certain Julito Miraveles, a resident of Barangay Sta. Lourdes in this city surrendered the adult pangolin through the 2nd Special Operations Unit-Maritime Group.
The pangolin, which was dubbed as the world’s most trafficked mammal, weighed 5 kilograms. It was later released in an undisclosed location on the same day.
Rainier Manalo, program head of Crocodylus Porosus Philippines Incorporated (CPPI), on Thursday said that their research and conservation team found indisputable proof establishing Lanao del Sur as a habitat for the critically endangered Philippine freshwater crocodile.
