IT WAS early evening of October 28, 2016. I was then assisting with cleaning the wound of a newly rescued eagle at the Philippine Eagle Center hospital when out of the corner of my eye, something moved inside a nearby transport kennel. Curious, I walked cautiously towards the plastic bird cage at the corner. There, inside was a full-grown, female Philippine eagle. She was standing calmly, as if in deep thought. I found out later that the bird is seriously sick, and our vet thinks the poor eagle is giving in to old age. At 46, she’s the oldest captive eagle on record. She is also functionally blind because of cataract. Three days later, the eagle passed away. The eagle’s name is “Thor”, after the Norse God of Thunder. How she got her name we don’t know exactly. But what we do know is that eagle Thor seems to match the demeanor of her namesake. According to Domingo Tadena, or Manong Doming as we call him, a pioneer Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF)bBiologist and former PEF deputy-director for breeding, eagle Thor has always been fierce and aggressive. She has trouble connecting with her feathered kind as well as her human caretakers…. Read full this story
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