Pag-asa’s eaglet 25th hatched in captivity
By Joselle R. Badilla![NAME THE YOUNGEST PHILIPPINE EAGLE The Philippine Eagle Foundation breeding facility in Davao City has a new resident, a 5-day-old Philippine eagle, the 25th to be hatched in the facility. The eaglet’s parents are Pag-asa (mother) [right] and Kalinawan (father) [top left]—both born in captivity in Barangay Malagos in Calinan District. PHILIPPINE EAGLE FOUNDATION](http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/files/2013/02/eagles--90x65.jpg "eagles-")
The country’s first Philippine eagle to be hatched and bred in captivity is now a mother.
The country’s first Philippine eagle to be hatched and bred in captivity is now a mother.
After a successful Philippine eagle captive breeding program that spanned two decades, the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) on Saturday announced that it has successfully bred and hatched another threatened species of bird of prey.
“Pag-asa” was conceived through artificial insemination and was laid in November 1991 by captive Philippine Eagle Diola using mate Junior’s semen.
Pag-asa, the first Philippine Eagle bred and hatched in captivity, turns 20 on Sunday, but with neither a mate nor an offspring.
