The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Northern Negros Occidental rescued a whale shark or butanding that got trapped in a fish pen in Barangay Banago here on Wednesday morning, Nov. 16. Commander Joe Luviz Mercurio, PCG-Northern Negros Occidental station chief, said the whale shark was found at around 7 a.m. by a local fisherman. The fisherman immediately contacted the PCG station, which in turn freed the giant sea creature from the fish pen.

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