2 dolphins found dead in Negros Oriental
01/30/2009 | 12:51 PM
MANILA, Philippines — Two spinner dolphins were found dead in Guihulngan and Ayungon towns in Negros Oriental province, an online news site reported Friday.
Visayan Daily Star (www.visayandailystar.com) reported that authorities are now looking into the cause of death of the two dolphins.
Guihulngan police head Inspector Petronilo Gracia said a fisherman saw one of the dolphins floating off the coast of Sitio Looc in Barangay Poblacion at 1 p.m. Thursday.
The dolphin was brought to shore where policemen transported it to the police station, to be endorsed to personnel from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
DENR-CENRO I chief Mario Aragon said the dolphin measured about 23 centimeters in diameter and was about 1.66 meters long.
On Wednesday afternoon, another spinner dolphin weighing 45 kilograms and measuring 1.3 meters long and about 29 centimeters in diameter at mid-section, was also found dead in Ayungon town.
Rico Sarong, CENRO I personnel assigned in Ayungon, said the dolphin was beached at Sitio Pasil in Barangay Awa-an.
Sarong said there were no visible wounds, except for a slight scratch on its beak.
Ayungon Vice Mayor Edcel Enardecido supervised the disposition of the dolphin, in coordination with the police and other rescuers and its burial later at the shoreline of the town.
Police said it was the first time a dead dolphin was recovered from the beach in Ayungon.
Several species of dolphins are found along Tañon Strait between Negros Oriental and Cebu.
Vice Governor Jose Baldado said he will call for a meeting with agencies involved in wildlife protection as he voiced concern over the dead dolphins.
Provincial police director Senior Superintendent Augusto Marquez Jr.
scored the DENR, the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources for allegedly giving the police the runaround.
Marquez said they contacted the agencies to dispose of the dolphin, but the agencies claimed it was not their responsibility.
But CENRO's Mario Aragon debunked the allegations of Marquez, saying he had personnel in Guihulngan who attended to the dead spinner dolphin.
The dolphin was later buried in Guihulngan as it was already beginning to decompose, Gracia said. - GMANews.TV
Visayan Daily Star (www.visayandailystar.com) reported that authorities are now looking into the cause of death of the two dolphins.
Guihulngan police head Inspector Petronilo Gracia said a fisherman saw one of the dolphins floating off the coast of Sitio Looc in Barangay Poblacion at 1 p.m. Thursday.
The dolphin was brought to shore where policemen transported it to the police station, to be endorsed to personnel from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
DENR-CENRO I chief Mario Aragon said the dolphin measured about 23 centimeters in diameter and was about 1.66 meters long.
On Wednesday afternoon, another spinner dolphin weighing 45 kilograms and measuring 1.3 meters long and about 29 centimeters in diameter at mid-section, was also found dead in Ayungon town.
Rico Sarong, CENRO I personnel assigned in Ayungon, said the dolphin was beached at Sitio Pasil in Barangay Awa-an.
Sarong said there were no visible wounds, except for a slight scratch on its beak.
Ayungon Vice Mayor Edcel Enardecido supervised the disposition of the dolphin, in coordination with the police and other rescuers and its burial later at the shoreline of the town.
Police said it was the first time a dead dolphin was recovered from the beach in Ayungon.
Several species of dolphins are found along Tañon Strait between Negros Oriental and Cebu.
Vice Governor Jose Baldado said he will call for a meeting with agencies involved in wildlife protection as he voiced concern over the dead dolphins.
Provincial police director Senior Superintendent Augusto Marquez Jr.
scored the DENR, the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources for allegedly giving the police the runaround.
Marquez said they contacted the agencies to dispose of the dolphin, but the agencies claimed it was not their responsibility.
But CENRO's Mario Aragon debunked the allegations of Marquez, saying he had personnel in Guihulngan who attended to the dead spinner dolphin.
The dolphin was later buried in Guihulngan as it was already beginning to decompose, Gracia said. - GMANews.TV
