00:00We need to treat two birds.
00:09It has a fracture.
00:11The bone is bent.
00:12That's why it fell.
00:21What are you looking for?
00:23Here in this hole.
00:25At night?
00:26At night.
00:27There's a flashlight on the tree.
00:30I saw it. It was small.
00:35The camera will capture it.
00:57In other words,
01:00many kinds of birds can't fly.
01:13They come out as a group to save themselves.
01:19Because sometimes,
01:22predators like lizards
01:25can attack.
01:28This is what happened to a hawk.
01:31Now,
01:33it can't fly.
01:36Its wings are bent and weak.
01:47When I visited the rescue center in Sarangani,
01:51we found different kinds of animals being rehabilitated.
01:57The larvae that are being treated in the area
02:00will take a long time to be rehabilitated.
02:03Like the immature verminikite and crested goshawk.
02:08This one has been with us for a long time.
02:10The problem is,
02:11it has a bone fracture.
02:13It's been about two months.
02:15But you don't know what's wrong with the...
02:18We tried to release it before.
02:21The first problem is,
02:23it eats poorly and it's weak.
02:25When we tried to release it,
02:27it didn't want to fly.
02:28So we saw that it has a problem with its wings.
02:31From here, we can see
02:35that its left wing is in a good position.
02:39But the right wing is dropped.
02:41So most likely, there's a fracture there.
02:44The immature verminikite
02:46was a bit weak when I first saw it.
02:50It was very weak yesterday when it came to us.
02:52It was caught in the river.
02:54According to the people who saw it in Lawin,
02:57it was chased by a crocodile.
03:02On August 31, this year,
03:03a weak-looking Visayan hornbill was found in Sibalong, Antique.
03:08Because of a wound on its jaw,
03:10local residents took care of the bird.
03:14The next day, it died.
03:18The National Museum in Iloilo did a necropsy.
03:22The bird died because of a hematoma on the abdominal area.
03:27It means that there's a blood clot near its jaw.
03:32Visayan hornbill or tariktik are critically endangered.
03:36It means that their number is almost depleted in the wild.
03:41Because they are often caught for sale in the black market.
03:46On the same day,
03:47the Philippine Eagle Foundation received a report
03:50about the juvenile Philippine Eagle wound in Valencia, Bucuidnon.
03:56It was found by a volunteer who took care of a wounded bird
03:59on its left leg.
04:00Because it's rotting,
04:01the Philippine Eagle Foundation decided to amputate or cut the leg
04:06so that the infection won't spread.
04:09No bullet was found on the bird's body.
04:13It's possible that the bird fell while it was learning to fly.
04:18The reason?
04:19So that its leg can be repaired.
04:22In Himpapawid,
04:23you can see a hawk with a small branch.
04:28It's looking for a place where it can lay its eggs
04:31for the whole family.
04:36A few moments later,
04:39it found a spot.
04:42The problem is that
04:45there's a bandage on its leg.
04:48It's not a normal wound.
04:50The problem is that
04:52there's a guard fighting it.
04:55It's a predator, a hawk.
04:59So that it won't eat,
05:01it immediately ran away.
05:09But not all of them are lucky.
05:14In a rescue center in Sarangani,
05:17we needed to treat two birds.
05:21One of them is a hawk.
05:25Let's do an X-ray.
05:27Because it has a wound.
05:36Through the X-ray,
05:38we can see the damage to their body.
05:42There, it has a fracture.
05:45There's a callus formation.
05:47It means that it's healing
05:48because the bone is small.
05:51In time, this will heal.
05:53But it's not going to be the same again.
05:59We'll just give some antibiotics also.
06:02Oral meds and pain meds.
06:04It's thin.
06:06It's thin.
06:07The bone is bent,
06:08that's why it fell.
06:09That's why it's thin.
06:11It's also a bit thin.
06:13We'll give it antibiotics later.
06:15While I was putting a bandage on the bird,
06:18suddenly...
06:23There.
06:25So what we're doing with the bandage,
06:28we are immobilizing the bone.
06:31The bone that is fractured and immobilized will heal.
06:35That's what we want.
06:36That's why we put plates,
06:37we put casts,
06:39so that it's immobilized.
06:41So we encourage healing.
06:42So we encourage healing.
06:46You will replace this bandage after 5 days.
06:53The same way we are applying them now.
06:56Like that.
06:58So we'll buy this.
07:00The Crested Goshawk bird has arthritis,
07:02that's why it's hard to fly.
07:04Gout.
07:05Gouty arthritis.
07:07It's most likely because of the diet that we're giving.
07:09If you compare it to the right,
07:10this is its left.
07:13This is that joint.
07:15And this is this joint.
07:16You see?
07:17The difference?
07:19That's why it can't move.
07:21There's also a wound on the bird's beak.
07:24It was just turned over.
07:26You didn't see this wound?
07:28The last time it was turned over,
07:29there was a bullet, gun or what,
07:33until it healed completely.
07:35So this is the right one?
07:36Yes.
07:37Most likely.
07:38It's a bit crooked.
07:40It needs treatment.
07:42We're looking for antibiotics and pain meds.
07:51A few days after the bird was treated,
07:54the Crested Goshawk also died.
07:59But the good news is,
08:01the immature Brahminicite Olawin is back in the wild.
08:10Birds are important in the wild.
08:15They feed on other species of animals
08:18to ensure the balance in the environment.
08:22As veterinarians,
08:24we won't get tired of rescuing them.
08:28But hopefully, the day will come
08:30when there will be no more birds that need to be rescued.
08:34Because it should be.
08:35Because it should be.
08:37They should be free to live in the wild.
08:42When I visited the rescue center in Sangani,
08:45these birds came to me.
08:48I heard there's a new bird that needs to be rescued.
08:52Yes, we have two birds here.
08:55One is a Green Sea Turtle and the other is a Hawksbill Turtle.
08:59This one here is a Hawksbill Turtle.
09:02It was caught by a bird.
09:05It was caught in February.
09:07It was caught by a community in Medzooic.
09:10They caught it and we rehabilitated it here.
09:13The Green Sea Turtle is also suffering from an illness.
09:16It has a problem with its buoyancy.
09:18When we inspected it,
09:20it has a problem with its fibropapillomatosis.
09:24It's in its eyes.
09:26When we brought it here,
09:28we operated on its eyes.
09:31Fibropapillomatosis is actually a viral infection.
09:35Sea turtles are very common.
09:37It comes in different stages and severity.
09:40Sometimes you will see them
09:43in a single nodule,
09:46a single papilloma,
09:48and in other cases,
09:50you will see the whole body
09:52full of fibropapilloma.
09:56The two birds were in the center for two months
09:58and they have already shown
10:01how active they are.
10:04It's time for them to go back to the wild.
10:07We are going to release them back into the wild.
10:10Go ahead!
10:21Makawander!
10:25Our guest is Susan Enriquez.
10:28Makawander!
10:30If Juan is on a food trip,
10:32he won't be the last one, right?
10:34Every night,
10:36a dark-skinned animal
10:38visits his farm.
10:44So,
10:46to see the animal's visit,
10:48we installed cameras
10:51in the place where it is usually seen.
11:03In her farmhouse in Indang, Cavite,
11:08Susan told me
11:10about the animal that she usually sees.
11:12She usually sees it.
11:32Most of the time,
11:34they reach the animal
11:36that rests on the top of the tree.
11:38Then,
11:39they rest on the ground
11:41while looking around.
11:44How do you feel
11:46that these wildlife
11:48exist in your place?
11:51It means that
11:53they are not yet
11:55in the wild.
11:57They are still there.
11:59Even if they see people,
12:01they won't move.
12:03They are used to us
12:05seeing people here.
12:07No one is chasing them.
12:09To see the animal's visit
12:11in Mommy Sue's farm,
12:13I installed a camera trap.
12:16So that we have more footages,
12:19we will install
12:21a camera trap.
12:23One is where
12:25the incidence of
12:27sightings is high.
12:29The second is
12:31where we put the cows
12:33in the forest.
12:37After
12:39two days,
12:41I installed a camera trap.
12:43Let's see if
12:45someone captured
12:47our camera trap.
12:49We installed
12:51a camera trap
12:53to record
12:55the sound of
12:57Susan Enriquez.
12:59Let's see
13:01if someone captured
13:03our camera trap.
13:06Suddenly,
13:10a mouse
13:12appeared.
13:15It slowly approached
13:17the camera trap
13:19and took the banana.
13:23Hey,
13:25there it is.
13:27It has eyes.
13:29Two eyes.
13:31Looks like someone captured us.
13:33There it is.
13:35Yes,
13:37our visiting worker.
13:39He noticed that there is a camera trap.
13:42Yeehee!
13:44Success!
13:46It looks like a young mouse.
13:48These are your visitors.
13:53Yes,
13:55it's so happy
13:57to see someone captured
13:59in our camera trap.
14:01The mouse that we captured
14:03in the camera trap
14:05proves that this place
14:07is a natural habitat
14:10But,
14:12not all palm seabed cats
14:14or mice can be seen in the wild.
14:16Because of their cute appearance
14:18that looks like a cat,
14:20they are often taken care of.
14:23Most of the time,
14:25the ones captured in the wild are still young.
14:29Mice are active,
14:31smart, and energetic.
14:33Their routine
14:35is climbing up and down the tree
14:37and sniffing the surroundings.
14:40But,
14:42it's time for their wild instinct
14:44to return.
14:46They might get sick.
14:52So, we are here
14:54in Rosario, Batangas
14:56with the members of DNR
14:58because they said that
15:00a mouse will surrender here.
15:02They have been taking care of the mouse
15:04for almost a year.
15:06In Masaya Barangay,
15:07where we work,
15:09they heard something.
15:11They came closer
15:13and saw a small mouse.
15:15They saw that the mouse
15:17fell from the nest
15:19when it was still a baby.
15:21That's why they named it
15:23Nyogi.
15:25What did you think
15:27to turn it over?
15:29It's getting bigger.
15:31We can't take care of it anymore.
15:33It's small.
15:35It might die.
15:37That's why we named it Nyogi.
15:39But, it can return
15:41to their home.
15:43I also asked Nyogi
15:45if it can return
15:47to the forest.
15:49Here, I can smell the musky
15:51smell of this
15:53civet cat.
15:55It doesn't smell like that
15:57because that's what they use
15:59to mark their territory.
16:02This scent
16:04might be what Nyogi
16:05used to return
16:07to Amy's house.
16:09And as I'm looking at it,
16:11it doesn't have
16:13the fear of humans.
16:15But, it seems
16:17that it's strong.
16:19Most wildlife,
16:21they retain their wild instincts.
16:23Even if we see
16:25that it's an adult,
16:27we will put it
16:29in a place
16:31where there are no humans.
16:33It will learn
16:35how to eat.
16:37Aside from being able
16:39to bite humans,
16:41Nyogi was also able to kill
16:43a chicken.
16:45Even if it's considered
16:47a house cat,
16:49its wild instincts
16:51will return.
16:53That means,
16:55Nyogi can be aggressive
16:57to protect itself.
16:59We should change.
17:01We shouldn't care about them anymore.
17:03Many times,
17:05Nyogi tried to reach my hand.
17:08It also attacked immediately.
17:13Let's see if...
17:15There, that's a good sign.
17:17Did you see that?
17:19It's angry.
17:21It's a male.
17:23Okay.
17:25That's why sometimes,
17:27they become aggressive
17:29because men are stronger.
17:30I don't see any wounds.
17:32Except,
17:34on its tail,
17:36there are some scabs.
17:38But otherwise,
17:40it has a good body.
17:42Its eyes,
17:44teeth are fine.
17:46To be sure,
17:48I need to take it out
17:50of its cage.
17:57Excuse me.
17:58Alright, so
18:00we'll do now our examination.
18:02There are some wounds.
18:04Here, there are some
18:06scabs on its tail.
18:08Let's just clean its scabs
18:10on its tail.
18:12It seems like it was licking it earlier.
18:14Very minor.
18:16Alright, its eyes are fine.
18:18Its ears
18:20are clean.
18:22Its teeth, let's take a look at its teeth.
18:24Okay.
18:26It's complete.
18:28Everything's okay.
18:31Final verdict.
18:33So,
18:35it seems like it's a good time
18:37to release it.
18:39With Pedro Batangas,
18:41we will now take Nyogi
18:43to his new home.
18:49This looks like
18:51a good spot.
18:53I can see
18:55coffee trees and
18:56coconut trees.
18:58According to us,
19:00this place was created
19:02by a coconut tree.
19:10Nyogi is sniffing
19:12the surroundings
19:14all of a sudden.
19:22His instincts
19:24for climbing trees
19:26are very natural
19:28to balance on that very thin branch.
19:31The branch is moving.
19:33Great!
19:35Yes!
19:37All we wish is
19:39for them to be safe
19:41and live in peace again.
19:43Moses are known as
19:45seed dispersers.
19:47It means that
19:49they spread seeds
19:51and plants
19:53to make the forest more abundant.
19:54They control the number
19:56of insects
19:58that can be a pest.
20:00So,
20:02if we're also talking about
20:04nature,
20:06of course,
20:08we're talking about Moses.
20:10There's no way back
20:12for nature.
20:20Thank you so much
20:22for watching Born to be Wild.
20:24For more stories
20:26about our nature,
20:28please subscribe
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