The protectors of the Philippine tamaraw are eyeing to implement anew the ambitious captive-breeding program in order to boost the efforts in saving the critically endangered species from extinction. Know more:
The protectors of the Philippine tamaraw are eyeing to implement anew the ambitious captive-breeding program in order to boost the efforts in saving the critically endangered species from extinction. At the same time, they are looking into an ideal location to relocate a viable population outside their habitat within the Island of Mindoro.
“That is why we are looking at implementing a captive-breeding program for the tamaraw,” del Mundo told the BusinessMirror in an interview at the sideline of a recent United Nations Development Programme Biodiversity Finance Initiative Europe, Asia, and the Pacific Dialogue at a hotel in Pasay City.Its designation as an Asean Heritage Park is anchored on the fact that the MIBNP is the only refuge of the tamaraw.
Some of the tamaraws are seen near residential communities nowadays. Their protectors suspect they got lost or were forced to move out of the range of a territorial bull that does not tolerate competition in time for the mating season. The visibly sad “Punong Tribo [chieftain]” of the Taw’buid said hunters from the lowlands use more sophisticated weapons that easily kill the elusive tamaraw, unlike Mangyans who rely on their traditional hunting practice.Implementing a captive-breeding program for the tamaraw is one way of saving it from extinction, del Mundo said. He noted that it can be done on the site or off site, but they prefer it on the island of Mindoro.
During the first implementation in the 1990s, he noted that the tamaraws were not carefully selected.
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