DAGUPAN CITY –A marine stranding team from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in the Ilocos region is running against time to save the life of a stranded melon-headed whale.
The adult marine mammal was placed in a makeshift pen covered by a tent off Sungyot Island in Sto. Tomas, La Union.
“We are giving it all the necessary care and treatment,” Hasmin Chogsayan, BFAR I veterinarian, told the Inquirer
The melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra) was stranded at the beach of Agoo town on the morning of April 16. It was released back to the sea but returned to nearby Aringay town at 5 p.m. that day.
It was brought to Sungyot Island for treatment and rehabilitat…
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