Published June 27, 2021, 6:25 PM
A few days before Davao City approved an ordinance banning single use of plastic, it got an unexpected visit from a rare whale along its seas.
The Davao office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) captured on video a rare Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) while traversing the seas between Ligid Island of Davao Del Norte and Kopiat Island of Davao De Oro on June 12.
Davao City’s no single-use plastics law seems momentous for the thriving sea near its area as countless sea creatures were washed ashore dead the past few ywars, with most deaths attributed to plastic materials found inside their digestive system.