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                    [Title] => Valenzuela’s swamps: Home to the night herons
                    [Summary] => In Valenzuela, a certain type of migratory bird have chosen the swampy areas of the city as home.


Two of the creatures were adopted last week by the city government of Makati under an agreement with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).


Bird experts, or ornithologists, received a pleasant surprise upon learning about the "phenomenon" for the first time two years ago.


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                    [Title] => Valenzuela creates anti-bird flu task force
                    [Summary] => Valenzuela City Mayor Sherwin Gatchalian announced yesterday the creation of the Anti-Avian Flu Task Force (AAFTF) that will be at the forefront of the city’s defense against the growing threat of the disease.


"Although there are still no known cases of bird flu in the country, we have to take every precaution to prevent the likely spread of the virus and be ready with a strategic response. It is best that we are ready for any eventually," Gatchalian said.


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                    [Title] => Snake hunt at DFA
                    [Summary] => The chief caretaker of the Quezon City Parks and Wildlife confirmed yesterday that the molted skin discovered at the Records Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) was that of a snake.


Dr. Steven Toledo said the molted skin was found by the employees at the basement of the DFA building in Pasay City and brought to the Parks and Wildlife for analysis.


However, Toledo said they could not determine the kind of snake based on the sample brought to them for study.


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                    [Title] => DENR saves injured heron
                    [Summary] => An injured black-crowned night heron (nycticorax nycticorax) was rescued yesterday in Malanday, Valenzuela by a radio reporter and his crew and is now recuperating at the Wildlife Rescue Center of theDepartment of Environment and Natural-Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (DENR-PAWB).


Dr. Steven Toledo, head veterinarian of the center, said that the injured bird was brought to the center in Quezon City by radio reporter Roland Bola at about 8 a.m.


The bird was rescued by the dzBB radio team inside Villa Encarnacion Subdivison. 


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                    [Title] => Wildlife team captures 12-foot python in QC
                    [Summary] => A 12-foot python that had been hanging from the branch of a mango tree was captured early yesterday in Barangay San Antonio, Quezon City, but not before causing a stir in the quiet neighborhood.


The reticulated python, which weighs almost 10 kilograms, was captured by animal keepers from the Wildlife Rescue Center at the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) after residents and policemen from CPD-Station 2 in Baler called them up for assistance.


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DR. STEVEN TOLEDO

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Dr. Steven Toledo, head veterinarian of the center, said that the injured bird was brought to the center in Quezon City by radio reporter Roland Bola at about 8 a.m.


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Valenzuela’s swamps: Home to the night herons

By Jerry Botial | April 3, 2006 - 12:00am

In Valenzuela, a certain type of migratory bird have chosen the swampy areas of the city as home. Two of the creatures were adopted last week by the city government of Makati under an agreement with the Department...

Metro

Valenzuela creates anti-bird flu task force

November 12, 2005 - 12:00am

Valenzuela City Mayor Sherwin Gatchalian announced yesterday the creation of the Anti-Avian Flu Task Force (AAFTF) that will be at the forefront of the city’s defense against the growing threat of the disease. "Although...

Metro

Snake hunt at DFA

By Pia Lee-Brago | August 21, 2005 - 12:00am

The chief caretaker of the Quezon City Parks and Wildlife confirmed yesterday that the molted skin discovered at the Records Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) was that of a snake. Dr. Steven Toledo...

Metro

DENR saves injured heron

By Jerry Botial | August 11, 2004 - 12:00am

An injured black-crowned night heron (nycticorax nycticorax) was rescued yesterday in Malanday, Valenzuela by a radio reporter and his crew and is now recuperating at the Wildlife Rescue Center of theDepartment of...

Metro

Wildlife team captures 12-foot python in QC

By Katherine Adraneda | June 2, 2004 - 12:00am

A 12-foot python that had been hanging from the branch of a mango tree was captured early yesterday in Barangay San Antonio, Quezon City, but not before causing a stir in the quiet neighborhood. The reticulated...

Metro