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The Philippine Eagle Foundation (daily 8am-5pm; tel 082/224 3021; P12), just outside Davao in Malagos, is known for its excellent work breeding the Philippine Eagle, or monkey-eating eagle, a majestic beast with a fearsome beak and two-meter wingspan. The Philippine Eagle ( pithecophaga jeffryi) is extremely elusive and its existence was documented only in 1896, a century after most other bird species. That first known sighting was by the intrepid British bird collector John Whitehead in Samar, who gave the eagle its Latin name jeffryi after his father, Jeffrey, who financed his expedition. Sadly, the eagle is now officially on the endangered species list, with only one hundred to three hundred believed to be living in the wilds of

Mindanao, Samar and Leyte. But there is hope: the Foundation has a captive breeding programme that focuses on developing a viable gene pool for the species by propagating the eagles in captivity. The goal is to reintroduce the eagles back into their natural habitat. Two eagles, named Pag-Asa (Hope) and Pagkakaisa (Unity) were bred in 1992. To get to the Foundation , take a bus to Calinan (45min) from the Annil Transport Terminal next to Ateneo de Davao University, then a short tricycle ride.

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