The Philippine Eagle Foundation has released photos of the rotting carcass of Pamana, the Philippine eagle that was shot dead just two months after he was freed into his new forest home.
In the official necropsy report, the carcass was found last August 16, 2015 in an advanced state of decomposition, with maggots infestation, approximately 1 kilometer from her release site.
“The bird was presented wrapped in a black plastic bag with only some portions of her skin, tendons and ligaments on her legs and feet, few blood vessels, feathers, bones and talons remained,” according to the report by attending veterinarian Ana Maria Lascano.
The report said a small fragment of a gun pellet, approximately 5mmx3mm), was removed from a 5mm puncture wound on Pamana’s skin overlapping the right latero-ventral thoracic area on or near the breast/ keel bone.
Pamana’s blue leg band (#40) was still attached to her left leg and her GPS and radio transmitters were still attached to her body.
Pamana underwent two years of rehabilitation at the Philippine Eagle Center in Malagos, Davao City before being released into the wild on June 12, 2015 at Mt. Hamiguitin Wildlife Sanctuary in San Isidro, Davao Oriental.
Source: abs-cbn.com