Batangas residents, fishermen save wounded whale
December 11, 2009 10:57 pm
MANILA, Dec. 11 – Residents of a coastal village in Nasugbu, Batangas saved a wounded 29-foot whale early morning Thursday, the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) said on Friday.
WWF officials said in an email to the Philippines News Agency that the whale was found in a weakened condition by a fisherman on a beach in the Batangas Bay in Barangay Calayo, Nasugbu.
The Bryde's whale bore 16 wounds the size of a peso coin caused by a cookie cutter shark's bites, according to WWF.
A fisherman identified as German Reyes said he was jogging on the beach when he saw the whale. "I reported it in the barangay hall," he said.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) office in Calaca, Manila South Coast Development Corporation, Nasugbu Tourism and Philippine National Police (pnp) – Nasugbu as well as the local government led by barangay chairman Miguel Limeta immediately responded to the whale which was stranded at the bay.
Soon after the whale was injected with an antibiotic (Streptomycin Limopenstrep), the whale regained its strength. It was almost noon when the whale was able to go back to deeper waters. The whale's age was estimated at five years old. (PNA) LAP/JCA
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