Browsing The Philippine Star by Subject "animal welfare"

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    • 123 soft-shell turtles seized near NAIA 

      Santos, Rudy (The Philippine Star, November 12, 2017, on page 16)
      The Bureau of Customs (BOC) intercepted 123 live Chinese soft-shell turtles, packed in seven polystyrene boxes, at the Pair Cargo warehouse near the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 (NAIA-1) last Friday. BOC ...

    • 26 countries seek conservation of dugongs 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, February 24, 2013, on page 7)
      Twenty-six countries, including the Philippines have recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that provides for the conservation of dugongs or sea cows which are said to be a highly threatened species. The meeting ...

    • 3 of 17 dolphins sighted off P'sinan die 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, January 28, 2015, on page A-17)
      Three of 17 dolphins that have been sighted in Lingayen Gulf since Monday died from injuries believed to have been inflicted by humans, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said yesterday. Some dolphins ...

    • Aboitiz Cleanergy Park in Davao welcomes more than 100 new 'pawikan' hatchlings 

      (The Philippine Star, December 21, 2015, on page A-29)
      A total of 109 hawksbill sea turtle (pawikan) hatchlings were recently released at the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park in Punta Dumalag, Davao City, further ensuring the survival of the critically endangered species and strengthening ...

    • Another 'butanding' released in Batangas 

      Ozaeta, Arnell; Valencia, Czeriza (The Philippine Star, August 11, 2013, on page 7)
      Another juvenile whale shark, locally known as butanding, that had been stranded at the pier of the Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) in Mabini town here was set free by government workers and civilian volunteers. Bureau ...

    • Another Subic park dolphin pregnant 

      Sison, Bebot Jr.; Sapnu, Ric (The Philippine Star, October 10, 2014, on page A-28)
      Another dolphin will be born next year at the Ocean Adventure Marine Park (OAMP) here, park administrators announced yesterday. “This is a result of the nurturing environment provided for all animals at the marine theme ...

    • Baby sperm whale rescued off La Union 

      Elias, Jun (The Philippine Star, October 3, 2016, on page A-23)
      A wounded baby sperm whale was rescued off the shores of Barangay Carlatan in this city on Friday morning. The female whale, which weighs at least 100 kilos, is 6.5 feet long and has a body circumference of 45 inches, ...

    • Ban on field trips to theme parks with captive dolphins, whales sought 

      Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, September 9, 2012, on page 6)
      A party-list lawmaker has filed a resolution urging the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to ban school field trips to theme parks that have captive dolphins and whales that ...

    • 'Be nice to sharks' 

      Thomas, Harry K. Jr. (The Philippine Star, March 10, 2013, on page 14)
      The most recent shows that globally, on average, 38 million sharks are traded annually for their fins. Although some international fisheries organizations have banned shark fining, regulating trade of shark fins and other ...

    • BI deports nine Chinese poachers 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, June 16, 2015, on page 7)
      The Bureau of Immigration (BI) deported last Thursday nine Chinese fishermen caught poaching and taking hundreds of endangered giant sea turtles from Hasa-Hasa Shoal in the West Philippine Sea last year. The deportation ...

    • Can cabs, lobster feel pain? UK gov't says yes 

      (The Philippine Star, November 22, 2021, on page 12)
      The United Kingdom will soon ban the boiling of live crabs and lobsters after the government agreed with a recent study that crustaceans can feel pain and joy, according to reports in the Sydney Morning Herald and dpa. ...

    • Chevron to keep Olive-Ridley sea turtle nesting area protected 

      (The Philippine Star, January 23, 2017, on page B-6)
      Multiple Olive-Ridley sea turtles have begun to nest as a result of Caltex brand marketer Chevron Philippines, Inc. (CPI)'s San Pascual coastal cleanup during the annual Week of Caring (WOC) held every September. With two ...

    • Chinese turtle-smuggling flight attendants fined in US 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, July 25, 2018, on page 15)
      Two flight attendants for a Chinese airline were fined and ordered to leave the United States within 72 hours on Monday for attempting to smuggle dozens of spotted and box turtles in carry-on bags from Los Angeles to China. ...

    • Cimatu: Cut down on plastics that clog oceans 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, March 12, 2019, on page 2-3)
      Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu has called upon Filipinos to cut down on the use of plastics that often end up in oceans and threaten marine life. Cimatu, who made the appeal during the department’s ...

    • Court order sought vs export of dolphins to Singapore 

      Mateo, Janvic (The Philippine Star, October 13, 2012, on page 1-5)
      A Quezon City court stopped yesterday the Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) from issuing a permit to re-export to Singapore 25 dolphins in Ocean Adventure Park in Subic. Quezon ...

    • DENR develops manual series on marine biodiversity 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, June 7, 2015, on page 17)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has developed a manual series about how the general public should rescue stranded or captured marine animals. The DENR’s Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB), in ...

    • DENR drafts measures to protect whale sharks 

      Andrade, Katherine (The Philippine Star, February 27, 2010, on page A-19)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has drafted measures that would intensify the protection of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) nationwide following the killing of an 18-foot butanding off Tingloy ...

    • Don't feed, ride whale sharks - BFAR 

      Palaubsanon, Mitchelle (The Philippine Star, September 15, 2019, on page 16)
      Residents have been advised against feeding whale sharks sighted in the waters off Alegria town in southern Cebu. “There should be no feeding... and no close interaction with humans. As much as possible, wild species should ...

    • Don't kill the dolphins 

      Lopez, Gina (The Philippine Star, August 29, 2010, on page G-2)
      In March of this year, the film that won Best Documentary at the Oscars was The Cove. You can download this film from the Net. My kids insisted that I see this film and I adamantly refused when they told me it was about ...

    • DOT-DA-DILG-DENR, Joint Memorandum Circular No. 01, Series of 2020 

      Department of Tourism (DOT); Department of Agriculture (DA); Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG); Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) (The Philippine Star, April 29, 2021, on page B6-B7)
      Subject: Rules and regulations governing the conduct of marine wildlife tourism interactions in the Philippines.