Aired ( September 29, 2024): Doc Ferds Recio visited a rescue center in Sarangani to provide aid to rescued animals, including a green sea turtle, a hawksbill sea turtle, and a Brahminy kite. Meanwhile, Doc Nielsen Donato visited GMA Public Affairs host Susan Enriquez at her farmhouse in Cavite to discover what kind of animal has been spotted visiting there every night. Watch the video!
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00:00We need to treat two birds.
00:09It has a fracture.
00:11The bone is bent.
00:12That's why it fell.
00:21What are you looking for?
00:23Here in this hole.
00:25At night?
00:26At night.
00:27There's a flashlight on the tree.
00:30I saw it. It was small.
00:35The camera will capture it.
00:57In other words,
01:00many kinds of birds can't fly.
01:13They come out as a group to save themselves.
01:19Because sometimes,
01:22predators like lizards
01:25can attack.
01:28This is what happened to a hawk.
01:31Now,
01:33it can't fly.
01:36Its wings are bent and weak.
01:47When I visited the rescue center in Sarangani,
01:51we found different kinds of animals being rehabilitated.
01:57The larvae that are being treated in the area
02:00will take a long time to be rehabilitated.
02:03Like the immature verminikite and crested goshawk.
02:08This one has been with us for a long time.
02:10The problem is,
02:11it has a bone fracture.
02:13It's been about two months.
02:15But you don't know what's wrong with the...
02:18We tried to release it before.
02:21The first problem is,
02:23it eats poorly and it's weak.
02:25When we tried to release it,
02:27it didn't want to fly.
02:28So we saw that it has a problem with its wings.
02:31From here, we can see
02:35that its left wing is in a good position.
02:39But the right wing is dropped.
02:41So most likely, there's a fracture there.
02:44The immature verminikite
02:46was a bit weak when I first saw it.
02:50It was very weak yesterday when it came to us.
02:52It was caught in the river.
02:54According to the people who saw it in Lawin,
02:57it was chased by a crocodile.
03:02On August 31, this year,
03:03a weak-looking Visayan hornbill was found in Sibalong, Antique.
03:08Because of a wound on its jaw,
03:10local residents took care of the bird.
03:14The next day, it died.
03:18The National Museum in Iloilo did a necropsy.
03:22The bird died because of a hematoma on the abdominal area.
03:27It means that there's a blood clot near its jaw.
03:32Visayan hornbill or tariktik are critically endangered.
03:36It means that their number is almost depleted in the wild.
03:41Because they are often caught for sale in the black market.
03:46On the same day,
03:47the Philippine Eagle Foundation received a report
03:50about the juvenile Philippine Eagle wound in Valencia, Bucuidnon.
03:56It was found by a volunteer who took care of a wounded bird
03:59on its left leg.
04:00Because it's rotting,
04:01the Philippine Eagle Foundation decided to amputate or cut the leg
04:06so that the infection won't spread.
04:09No bullet was found on the bird's body.
04:13It's possible that the bird fell while it was learning to fly.
04:18The reason?
04:19So that its leg can be repaired.
04:22In Himpapawid,
04:23you can see a hawk with a small branch.
04:28It's looking for a place where it can lay its eggs
04:31for the whole family.
04:36A few moments later,
04:39it found a spot.
04:42The problem is that
04:45there's a bandage on its leg.
04:48It's not a normal wound.
04:50The problem is that
04:52there's a guard fighting it.
04:55It's a predator, a hawk.
04:59So that it won't eat,
05:01it immediately ran away.
05:09But not all of them are lucky.
05:14In a rescue center in Sarangani,
05:17we needed to treat two birds.
05:21One of them is a hawk.
05:25Let's do an X-ray.
05:27Because it has a wound.
05:36Through the X-ray,
05:38we can see the damage to their body.
05:42There, it has a fracture.
05:45There's a callus formation.
05:47It means that it's healing
05:48because the bone is small.
05:51In time, this will heal.
05:53But it's not going to be the same again.
05:59We'll just give some antibiotics also.
06:02Oral meds and pain meds.
06:04It's thin.
06:06It's thin.
06:07The bone is bent,
06:08that's why it fell.
06:09That's why it's thin.
06:11It's also a bit thin.
06:13We'll give it antibiotics later.
06:15While I was putting a bandage on the bird,
06:18suddenly...
06:23There.
06:25So what we're doing with the bandage,
06:28we are immobilizing the bone.
06:31The bone that is fractured and immobilized will heal.
06:35That's what we want.
06:36That's why we put plates,
06:37we put casts,
06:39so that it's immobilized.
06:41So we encourage healing.
06:42So we encourage healing.
06:46You will replace this bandage after 5 days.
06:53The same way we are applying them now.
06:56Like that.
06:58So we'll buy this.
07:00The Crested Goshawk bird has arthritis,
07:02that's why it's hard to fly.
07:04Gout.
07:05Gouty arthritis.
07:07It's most likely because of the diet that we're giving.
07:09If you compare it to the right,
07:10this is its left.
07:13This is that joint.
07:15And this is this joint.
07:16You see?
07:17The difference?
07:19That's why it can't move.
07:21There's also a wound on the bird's beak.
07:24It was just turned over.
07:26You didn't see this wound?
07:28The last time it was turned over,
07:29there was a bullet, gun or what,
07:33until it healed completely.
07:35So this is the right one?
07:36Yes.
07:37Most likely.
07:38It's a bit crooked.
07:40It needs treatment.
07:42We're looking for antibiotics and pain meds.
07:51A few days after the bird was treated,
07:54the Crested Goshawk also died.
07:59But the good news is,
08:01the immature Brahminicite Olawin is back in the wild.
08:10Birds are important in the wild.
08:15They feed on other species of animals
08:18to ensure the balance in the environment.
08:22As veterinarians,
08:24we won't get tired of rescuing them.
08:28But hopefully, the day will come
08:30when there will be no more birds that need to be rescued.
08:34Because it should be.
08:35Because it should be.
08:37They should be free to live in the wild.
08:42When I visited the rescue center in Sangani,
08:45these birds came to me.
08:48I heard there's a new bird that needs to be rescued.
08:52Yes, we have two birds here.
08:55One is a Green Sea Turtle and the other is a Hawksbill Turtle.
08:59This one here is a Hawksbill Turtle.
09:02It was caught by a bird.
09:05It was caught in February.
09:07It was caught by a community in Medzooic.
09:10They caught it and we rehabilitated it here.
09:13The Green Sea Turtle is also suffering from an illness.
09:16It has a problem with its buoyancy.
09:18When we inspected it,
09:20it has a problem with its fibropapillomatosis.
09:24It's in its eyes.
09:26When we brought it here,
09:28we operated on its eyes.
09:31Fibropapillomatosis is actually a viral infection.
09:35Sea turtles are very common.
09:37It comes in different stages and severity.
09:40Sometimes you will see them
09:43in a single nodule,
09:46a single papilloma,
09:48and in other cases,
09:50you will see the whole body
09:52full of fibropapilloma.
09:56The two birds were in the center for two months
09:58and they have already shown
10:01how active they are.
10:04It's time for them to go back to the wild.
10:07We are going to release them back into the wild.
10:10Go ahead!
10:21Makawander!
10:25Our guest is Susan Enriquez.
10:28Makawander!
10:30If Juan is on a food trip,
10:32he won't be the last one, right?
10:34Every night,
10:36a dark-skinned animal
10:38visits his farm.
10:44So,
10:46to see the animal's visit,
10:48we installed cameras
10:51in the place where it is usually seen.
11:03In her farmhouse in Indang, Cavite,
11:08Susan told me
11:10about the animal that she usually sees.
11:12She usually sees it.
11:32Most of the time,
11:34they reach the animal
11:36that rests on the top of the tree.
11:38Then,
11:39they rest on the ground
11:41while looking around.
11:44How do you feel
11:46that these wildlife
11:48exist in your place?
11:51It means that
11:53they are not yet
11:55in the wild.
11:57They are still there.
11:59Even if they see people,
12:01they won't move.
12:03They are used to us
12:05seeing people here.
12:07No one is chasing them.
12:09To see the animal's visit
12:11in Mommy Sue's farm,
12:13I installed a camera trap.
12:16So that we have more footages,
12:19we will install
12:21a camera trap.
12:23One is where
12:25the incidence of
12:27sightings is high.
12:29The second is
12:31where we put the cows
12:33in the forest.
12:37After
12:39two days,
12:41I installed a camera trap.
12:43Let's see if
12:45someone captured
12:47our camera trap.
12:49We installed
12:51a camera trap
12:53to record
12:55the sound of
12:57Susan Enriquez.
12:59Let's see
13:01if someone captured
13:03our camera trap.
13:06Suddenly,
13:10a mouse
13:12appeared.
13:15It slowly approached
13:17the camera trap
13:19and took the banana.
13:23Hey,
13:25there it is.
13:27It has eyes.
13:29Two eyes.
13:31Looks like someone captured us.
13:33There it is.
13:35Yes,
13:37our visiting worker.
13:39He noticed that there is a camera trap.
13:42Yeehee!
13:44Success!
13:46It looks like a young mouse.
13:48These are your visitors.
13:53Yes,
13:55it's so happy
13:57to see someone captured
13:59in our camera trap.
14:01The mouse that we captured
14:03in the camera trap
14:05proves that this place
14:07is a natural habitat
14:10But,
14:12not all palm seabed cats
14:14or mice can be seen in the wild.
14:16Because of their cute appearance
14:18that looks like a cat,
14:20they are often taken care of.
14:23Most of the time,
14:25the ones captured in the wild are still young.
14:29Mice are active,
14:31smart, and energetic.
14:33Their routine
14:35is climbing up and down the tree
14:37and sniffing the surroundings.
14:40But,
14:42it's time for their wild instinct
14:44to return.
14:46They might get sick.
14:52So, we are here
14:54in Rosario, Batangas
14:56with the members of DNR
14:58because they said that
15:00a mouse will surrender here.
15:02They have been taking care of the mouse
15:04for almost a year.
15:06In Masaya Barangay,
15:07where we work,
15:09they heard something.
15:11They came closer
15:13and saw a small mouse.
15:15They saw that the mouse
15:17fell from the nest
15:19when it was still a baby.
15:21That's why they named it
15:23Nyogi.
15:25What did you think
15:27to turn it over?
15:29It's getting bigger.
15:31We can't take care of it anymore.
15:33It's small.
15:35It might die.
15:37That's why we named it Nyogi.
15:39But, it can return
15:41to their home.
15:43I also asked Nyogi
15:45if it can return
15:47to the forest.
15:49Here, I can smell the musky
15:51smell of this
15:53civet cat.
15:55It doesn't smell like that
15:57because that's what they use
15:59to mark their territory.
16:02This scent
16:04might be what Nyogi
16:05used to return
16:07to Amy's house.
16:09And as I'm looking at it,
16:11it doesn't have
16:13the fear of humans.
16:15But, it seems
16:17that it's strong.
16:19Most wildlife,
16:21they retain their wild instincts.
16:23Even if we see
16:25that it's an adult,
16:27we will put it
16:29in a place
16:31where there are no humans.
16:33It will learn
16:35how to eat.
16:37Aside from being able
16:39to bite humans,
16:41Nyogi was also able to kill
16:43a chicken.
16:45Even if it's considered
16:47a house cat,
16:49its wild instincts
16:51will return.
16:53That means,
16:55Nyogi can be aggressive
16:57to protect itself.
16:59We should change.
17:01We shouldn't care about them anymore.
17:03Many times,
17:05Nyogi tried to reach my hand.
17:08It also attacked immediately.
17:13Let's see if...
17:15There, that's a good sign.
17:17Did you see that?
17:19It's angry.
17:21It's a male.
17:23Okay.
17:25That's why sometimes,
17:27they become aggressive
17:29because men are stronger.
17:30I don't see any wounds.
17:32Except,
17:34on its tail,
17:36there are some scabs.
17:38But otherwise,
17:40it has a good body.
17:42Its eyes,
17:44teeth are fine.
17:46To be sure,
17:48I need to take it out
17:50of its cage.
17:57Excuse me.
17:58Alright, so
18:00we'll do now our examination.
18:02There are some wounds.
18:04Here, there are some
18:06scabs on its tail.
18:08Let's just clean its scabs
18:10on its tail.
18:12It seems like it was licking it earlier.
18:14Very minor.
18:16Alright, its eyes are fine.
18:18Its ears
18:20are clean.
18:22Its teeth, let's take a look at its teeth.
18:24Okay.
18:26It's complete.
18:28Everything's okay.
18:31Final verdict.
18:33So,
18:35it seems like it's a good time
18:37to release it.
18:39With Pedro Batangas,
18:41we will now take Nyogi
18:43to his new home.
18:49This looks like
18:51a good spot.
18:53I can see
18:55coffee trees and
18:56coconut trees.
18:58According to us,
19:00this place was created
19:02by a coconut tree.
19:10Nyogi is sniffing
19:12the surroundings
19:14all of a sudden.
19:22His instincts
19:24for climbing trees
19:26are very natural
19:28to balance on that very thin branch.
19:31The branch is moving.
19:33Great!
19:35Yes!
19:37All we wish is
19:39for them to be safe
19:41and live in peace again.
19:43Moses are known as
19:45seed dispersers.
19:47It means that
19:49they spread seeds
19:51and plants
19:53to make the forest more abundant.
19:54They control the number
19:56of insects
19:58that can be a pest.
20:00So,
20:02if we're also talking about
20:04nature,
20:06of course,
20:08we're talking about Moses.
20:10There's no way back
20:12for nature.
20:20Thank you so much
20:22for watching Born to be Wild.
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