Wildlife monitoring group TRAFFIC said in a joint press release with Katala Foundation, Inc. dated September 3 that because of the recent surge in demand for the species among pet collectors in the past 15 years, the Philippine forest turtle remains to be under threat.
The biologist couple Peter and Indira Widmann of the Katala Foundation Inc. said that the bird, rescued from near starvation back in 2016, is healthy and fully integration and has began to breed in its natural habitat.
They were the first hatchlings to be marked with leg bands from this year's breeding season, said Indira Widmann, program director of the Philippine Cockatoo Conservation Program (PCCP) of the KFI.
