Browsing The Philippine Star by Scientific Name "Rhincodon typus"

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    • Gov't workers, volunteers rescue stranded butanding 

      Ozaeta, Arnell (The Philippine Star, August 10, 2013, on page 14)
      Government workers and civilian volunteers joined hands to set free last Thursday a juvenile whale shark, locally known as butanding, that had been stranded at the pier of the Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) in Mabini, ...

    • New whale sharks counted in Donsol 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, September 6, 2019, on page E6)
      One hundred and four new whale shark individuals have been identified in Ticao Pass off the coast of Donsol between January and June 2019, according to a report from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Philippines. Whale ...

    • Phl named one of the 5 champions for migratory species 

      Villanueva, Rhodina; Marcelo, Elizabeth (The Philippine Star, October 26, 2017, on page B5)
      The Philippines has been named as one of the five “migratory species champions” in the world for its exemplary contribution in the global effort to protect migratory animals, particularly the whale shark or butanding, the ...

    • Prosecute butchers of butanding - WWF 

      Andrade, Katherine (The Philippine Star, February 18, 2010, on page A-23)
      An international conservation group is calling for the prosecution of people responsible for the “butchery” of an 18-foot butanding (whale shark) on the shores of Tingloy town in Batangas, with the marine animal’s dorsal ...

    • Whale sharks return to Masbate, Sorsogon 

      Dematera, Cet (The Philippine Star, April 3, 2018, on page 11)
      Legazpi City, Philippines — Whale sharks, locally known as butanding, have been sighted again in the waters off Masbate and Sorsogon, an official of the Department of Tourism (DOT) said yesterday. Benjamin Santiago, DOT-Bicol ...