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+ March 11, 2021 SUSPECTS Fidel Aguilar, 59, a resident of Pulong Camias, Barangay San Jose, and Ferdinand Tongol, 46, a resident of Nayong Tsinoy, Barangay San Pablo, both of San Simon town, were arrested for killing four wild ducks in Apalit town.
The arrest was implemented by joint operatives of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and local police of Apalit after the two suspects hunted and killed four wandering whistling duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) locally known as “batiki.”
Police Master Sergeant Eduardo Gonzales said the suspects were nabbed while illegally hunting migratory birds using shotgun in a wetland area in Sitio Tagulod, Barangay Sampaloc in Apalit.