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GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines — Authorities have seized four exotic animals valued at an estimated ₱70,000 and arrested a 26-year-old man suspected of illegally trading wildlife online in a joint…
ALABEL, Sarangani Province — Authorities rescued a total of 53 native and exotic wildlife specimens during a joint anti-wildlife trafficking operation conducted by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)…
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — Authorities in Region 12 have intensified their crackdown on illegal wildlife trafficking after an entrapment operation in Polomolok, South Cotabato led to the arrest of an…
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — Authorities apprehended two individuals for illegally transporting protected and exotic wildlife species in violation of Republic Act 9147 following a checkpoint operation in Barangay Tambler, this…
TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte — Authorities arrested a 35-year-old man in a joint buy-bust operation for the illegal sale and possession of wildlife, resulting in the rescue of a…
M’LANG, COTABATO — Authorities arrested an online seller caught peddling three Philippine ducks (Anas luzonica), a vulnerable and protected species, in a joint anti-wildlife trade entrapment operation along the National…
JOLO, Sulu — Authorities confiscated at least 100 turtle eggs during an operation at the Serantes Fish Landing Wet Market in Jolo on August 25, 2025, in a crackdown against…
General Santos City, August 22, 2025 — Authorities foiled an attempt to smuggle nearly 2,000 wild spiders through the General Santos International Airport, underscoring the government’s intensified campaign against illegal…