Aired (October 27, 2024) Ang mga endemic na Philippine porcupine o tinatawag na durian mula Palawan, sinuri at ni-rescue ni Doc Ferds Recio! Para naman mas makilala ang mga ito, samahan naman si Doc Nielsen Donato sa kanyang pagbisita sa isang rescue center sa Palawan. Ano kaya ang kalagayan ng mga ito? Panoorin ang video!
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00:00The Palawan Porcupine is circling this land in search of food.
00:13Because of the stings to his body, no one dared to approach him.
00:37Suddenly, in a blink of an eye, he was thrown into a small prison.
00:47They should have been free.
00:57The Palawan Porcupine is also called Doryan because of the stings to his body.
01:04If others are bravely facing the enemy, the Doryans need the back of the enemy to succeed.
01:16This is the right place for him to shoot his quills or arrows to his predators.
01:24If he gets stung, he will fall to the enemy's skin.
01:32It will be hard for him to escape.
01:35And it can cause an infection if not taken care of.
01:40Because their quills may have bacteria.
01:46This endemic animal lives in a remote and dense forest in Palawan.
01:53But the care of this Doryan in the town of Aburlan is kind to humans.
02:05This Doryan is also a caretaker.
02:09This is Dory.
02:11He's like our son because he doesn't care about us.
02:15He gives us food every day.
02:19Where did this Dory come from, sir?
02:20We bought it here. It's still small.
02:24Cesar doesn't intend to take care of Dory.
02:27But out of pity, he decided to buy it to keep it alive.
02:32But that's not allowed.
02:34You can be sued.
02:36You can get a permit.
02:38For example, you have enough resources to feed.
02:43You have a good place.
02:47It's spacious.
02:49And the cage you put in is good.
02:54So if you can satisfy all these things.
02:56Plus, the animal will not thrive otherwise in the wild.
03:02And it can't be released back into the wild.
03:05Just like this case, because he was still young.
03:08That's why he can't be released.
03:12I noticed that Dory is imprinted or used to people.
03:17That's why it's hard for him to go back to the wild.
03:21We discourage pets from going back to the wild.
03:29Because there are roles that they play in our environment.
03:36They should really be there.
03:38This is also the first time that Dory was examined by a veterinarian.
03:47Uh-huh.
03:49Uh-huh.
03:55Yay!
03:57Okay.
03:59What?
04:01I didn't do anything.
04:03So we want to determine if Dory is really Dory.
04:09She's really a female.
04:11No penis, no testicles.
04:13She's a female.
04:14You can see the shape of her ears.
04:17And it really looks like she was pinched.
04:19The color of her hair.
04:23The color is darker at the top.
04:26Until it lightens as it goes down.
04:29This is her defense.
04:31This one.
04:33And she makes it sound.
04:35Before she opens it, she makes it sound.
04:37To warn you.
04:39The rattling sound.
04:41I gave Dory vitamins.
04:47But according to the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development,
04:51Dory needs to be turned over to their office.
04:56We will give them a turnover receipt.
04:59And then she will be rehabilitated at PWRCC.
05:05We have wildlife specialists at PWRCC
05:12who know how to rehabilitate such animals.
05:27On my visit to this rescue center in Palawan,
05:31I saw various endemic species or animals that can only be seen here.
05:39One of the resident animals here is the Palawan porcupine or durian.
05:46This is where we observe the Palawan porcupine.
05:50They put in a lot of conservation efforts.
05:53An organization like Atala can only handle so much species.
06:00That can be rescued here.
06:02This porcupine is still new.
06:05In this enclosure, we will have a chance to observe its behavior.
06:10In this cage, the durians hide.
06:15They are here to multiply.
06:18Even if the Palawan porcupines are nocturnal or only awake at night,
06:23they were taught to keep them alive in the morning
06:28so that they can study their behavior.
06:34Later on,
06:36a Palawan porcupine came out of the hole in the cage.
06:42Straight from its food, it ate the vegetables.
06:48Palawan porcupines are herbivores.
06:53It means that they eat plants.
06:57One of their main food is the seeds of plants.
07:03That is why they are known as seed dispersers or natural gardeners in the wild.
07:08According to the researcher specialist of the Atala Foundation, Lemuel,
07:13Palawan porcupines have a strong presence in the population.
07:18That is why we focused on the Palawan porcupine because it is undetected.
07:23We also caught a threat in the field.
07:26It is now a threat because it is becoming popular in the illegal wildlife trade.
07:32It is like a bushmeat.
07:33Who is interested in eating a rare animal?
07:39What did you discover that is alarming?
07:43Aside from their meat, there is an international illegal interest in the Palawan porcupine.
07:52There are derivatives that can be obtained from porcupines.
07:56It is like a black market.
07:59What we are doing now is having a roundtable discussion with law enforcement
08:06regarding this trade so that we can prevent the trade of porcupines from booming.
08:13Because we are trying to prevent it from becoming the next pest.
08:17It is easy to catch the Palawan porcupines.
08:20Because of this, they are considered as a vulnerable species.
08:25The group can remind them not to kill or take care of them
08:30so that their number in the wild will not decrease.
08:35We also don't want to touch them.
08:38We don't want them to die.
08:41We don't want them to die.
08:44We don't want them to die.
08:46We don't want them to die.
08:49We don't want them to die.
08:52We don't want them to die.
08:55We don't want them to die.
08:59Who is interested in eating a rare animal?
09:02law enforcement.
09:05The purpose of the Porcupine is a weapon to survive,
09:11not just to fight other animals.
09:15Because of their world they live in,
09:18we humans are their strongest enemy.
09:32Hey!