CANDABA - Mayor Rene Maglanque yesterday stressed that the municipal government will
always advocate for the strict implementation of the laws and ordinances involving wild life protection and conservation.
This
statement was made by Maglanque following the report that bird hunters
from the San Rafael and San Miguel towns in Bulacan were allegedly
slaughtering local birds in the sanctuary.
"Inutusan
na
natin ang kapulisan na i-verify ang report tungkol sa pagpatay sa ating
mga ibon. Sakaling mapatunayan natin na totoo nga ay ipinahuhuli natin
ang mga gumagawa nito," he said.
Albert Manalili, a resident from Barangay Paligue bared that hunting of birds become rampant in areas near the birds sanctuary.
He noted that
the illegal hunting of birds started when former Mayor Jerry Pelayo formally left of the municipal government.
Manalili
claimed that probably bird hunters are thinking that the administration
of Maglanque is no longer interested in protecting the local birds.
It
can be recalled that during the time of Pelayo, the
Sangguniang Bayan by virtue of a resolution declared the town of
Candaba as a Fresh Water Aquaculture Resource and Fish Sanctuary Zone
for the purpose of protecting, preserving its flora and fauna.
Also another resolution was passed declaring Candaba Swamp as bird sanctuary.
The initiative intends to protect both local and migratory birds, among them are "dumara" wild duck, "tagak", "wis", "kandungango" and kingfisher.
The resolutions made hunting and poaching of birds illegal particularly at the Candaba Swamp.
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