Kinamanghaan ng netizens ang selfie ng isang animal keeper sa Philippine Eagle na makikita sa ₱1000 polymer bill.

Viral ngayon sa TikTok ang video ni Lohwana Halaq, animal keeper sa Philippine Eagle Foundation sa Davao City, dahil sa kaniyang selfie sa aktwal na Philippine Eagle na may pangalang “Sinag.”

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“The Philippine eagle is the national bird of the Philippines 🇵🇭  and thus should receive the recognition it deserves,” saad ni Halaq sa caption ng kaniyang video. 

“From my experience working with these beautiful animals I can truthfully say that it shocks me much our own Filipino citizens do not know this eagle exists or what it even looks like. Despite its high profile status in media, culture and government,” dagdag pa niya.

Kuwento pa niya, marami raw ang nagtatanong sa kaniya sa tuwing may bumibisita sa Philippine Eagle Center kung nasaan ang mismong agila. 

“I've had many guest interactions in  which local Filipino visitors come up to ask me: ‘Ma’am, nasaan ang Philippine agila?” ‘Ma’am where can I find the Philippine eagle?’ I am literally holding the Philippine Eagle on my arm.... I look at them look at my eagle, Sinag, and look back at them and point out ‘You are staring at the Philippine Eagle’,” aniya.

Bukod sa ₱1000 polymer bill, makikita rin ang Philippine Eagle sa Philippine Passport. 

“I have conservations with Filipinos abroad in Canada and I explain to them that I work and live in the Philippines as an Animal Keeper and I help breed the critically endangered Philippine eagle species. Many of them comment: ‘I did not know we have this eagle in the Philippines’. My response usually is ‘did you even open your Filipino passport?’ As the Philippine Eagle is also featured in the Filipino Governing passport.

“It is clear that awareness plays a crucial role in species conservation from local to international recognitions. Education is key. There is improvement, and progress may be is slow, but saving this species from extinction is worth it,” pahayag pa ni Halaq.

Habang isinusulat ito, umabot na sa mahigit 13.1 million views at 1.3 million likes ang naturang video. Bukod dito, umani rin ito ng iba't ibang reaction mula sa namanghang netizens.

"HI THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF THE PHILIPPINES EAGLE ♥️♥️♥️WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK ♥️♥️♥️"

"Deserve tlga ng Philippine Eagle sa 1,000 Bill Napaka Pogi e"

"sabi ng mga experts Philippine eagle daw pinaka maganda at malakas"

"When i went to visit davao a few years ago we went to the philippine eagle center and i was so amazed how big and majestic these birds are."

"many good points and sadly, im not surprised. we need more awareness for this beautiful eagle. thank you for the work you do to help foster that"

"very beautiful. so majestic!"

"the real ✨expensive✨"

"wow"

"the Philippine Eagle is so cute and handsome"

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Samantala, sa hiwalay na TikTok video, ibinahagi ni Halaq na si Sinag ay pitong taon gulang na. Isa raw ito sa mga semen donors para breeding program.

“Sinag is my 7 year old human imprinted Philippine eagle. He is one of our semen donors for our conservation breeding program. Sinag regards me as his surrogate mate and together we are able to contribute to the next generation of Philippine eagles via Cooperative artificali semination (CAI) methods. He has officially reached age of sexual maturity,” aniya. 

Bagamat mahirap daw ang pagpaparami ng mga Agila, responsibilidad daw niyang hindi tuluyang ma-extinct ang mga ito. 

“Breeding any eagle in captive settings is difficult as is, even more difficult is knowing that the Philippine eagle species is literally going extinct and it is my responsibility to ensure that this does not happen.”