Up to 17,500 threatened flying foxes recorded in Davao Occidental

WIRE — MANILA, Philippines — Environment officials counted as many as 17,500 Island Flying Foxes and Large Flying Foxes in a colony in Barangay Bukid, Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental, during this year's monitoring of threatened species. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) estimated the colony at 17,000 to 17,500 bats, consisting of Island Flying

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