According to Jovic Fabello, spokesperson of the PCSD, the pangolin pair were spotted by a certain Antonio Cuino while he was working on his corn farm with his father. Knowing that the animal is hunted by poachers around their area, Cuiino decided to rescue the animals and turn them over to authorities.
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.
This, after the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with PCSD and the Puerto Princesa City government, campaigned on Tuesday to improve the surrounding communities’ knowledge and appreciation of biodiversity assets and ecosystem goods and services in the critical habitat.
