00:00The Palawan Porcupine is circling this land in search of food.
00:13Because of the stings to his body, no one dared to approach him.
00:37Suddenly, in a blink of an eye, he was thrown into a small prison.
00:47They should have been free.
00:57The Palawan Porcupine is also called Doryan because of the stings to his body.
01:04If others are bravely facing the enemy, the Doryans need the back of the enemy to succeed.
01:16This is the right place for him to shoot his quills or arrows to his predators.
01:24If he gets stung, he will fall to the enemy's skin.
01:32It will be hard for him to escape.
01:35And it can cause an infection if not taken care of.
01:40Because their quills may have bacteria.
01:46This endemic animal lives in a remote and dense forest in Palawan.
01:53But the care of this Doryan in the town of Aburlan is kind to humans.
02:05This Doryan is also a caretaker.
02:09This is Dory.
02:11He's like our son because he doesn't care about us.
02:15He gives us food every day.
02:19Where did this Dory come from, sir?
02:20We bought it here. It's still small.
02:24Cesar doesn't intend to take care of Dory.
02:27But out of pity, he decided to buy it to keep it alive.
02:32But that's not allowed.
02:34You can be sued.
02:36You can get a permit.
02:38For example, you have enough resources to feed.
02:43You have a good place.
02:47It's spacious.
02:49And the cage you put in is good.
02:54So if you can satisfy all these things.
02:56Plus, the animal will not thrive otherwise in the wild.
03:02And it can't be released back into the wild.
03:05Just like this case, because he was still young.
03:08That's why he can't be released.
03:12I noticed that Dory is imprinted or used to people.
03:17That's why it's hard for him to go back to the wild.
03:21We discourage pets from going back to the wild.
03:29Because there are roles that they play in our environment.
03:36They should really be there.
03:38This is also the first time that Dory was examined by a veterinarian.
03:47Uh-huh.
03:49Uh-huh.
03:55Yay!
03:57Okay.
03:59What?
04:01I didn't do anything.
04:03So we want to determine if Dory is really Dory.
04:09She's really a female.
04:11No penis, no testicles.
04:13She's a female.
04:14You can see the shape of her ears.
04:17And it really looks like she was pinched.
04:19The color of her hair.
04:23The color is darker at the top.
04:26Until it lightens as it goes down.
04:29This is her defense.
04:31This one.
04:33And she makes it sound.
04:35Before she opens it, she makes it sound.
04:37To warn you.
04:39The rattling sound.
04:41I gave Dory vitamins.
04:47But according to the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development,
04:51Dory needs to be turned over to their office.
04:56We will give them a turnover receipt.
04:59And then she will be rehabilitated at PWRCC.
05:05We have wildlife specialists at PWRCC
05:12who know how to rehabilitate such animals.
05:27On my visit to this rescue center in Palawan,
05:31I saw various endemic species or animals that can only be seen here.
05:39One of the resident animals here is the Palawan porcupine or durian.
05:46This is where we observe the Palawan porcupine.
05:50They put in a lot of conservation efforts.
05:53An organization like Atala can only handle so much species.
06:00That can be rescued here.
06:02This porcupine is still new.
06:05In this enclosure, we will have a chance to observe its behavior.
06:10In this cage, the durians hide.
06:15They are here to multiply.
06:18Even if the Palawan porcupines are nocturnal or only awake at night,
06:23they were taught to keep them alive in the morning
06:28so that they can study their behavior.
06:34Later on,
06:36a Palawan porcupine came out of the hole in the cage.
06:42Straight from its food, it ate the vegetables.
06:48Palawan porcupines are herbivores.
06:53It means that they eat plants.
06:57One of their main food is the seeds of plants.
07:03That is why they are known as seed dispersers or natural gardeners in the wild.
07:08According to the researcher specialist of the Atala Foundation, Lemuel,
07:13Palawan porcupines have a strong presence in the population.
07:18That is why we focused on the Palawan porcupine because it is undetected.
07:23We also caught a threat in the field.
07:26It is now a threat because it is becoming popular in the illegal wildlife trade.
07:32It is like a bushmeat.
07:33Who is interested in eating a rare animal?
07:39What did you discover that is alarming?
07:43Aside from their meat, there is an international illegal interest in the Palawan porcupine.
07:52There are derivatives that can be obtained from porcupines.
07:56It is like a black market.
07:59What we are doing now is having a roundtable discussion with law enforcement
08:06regarding this trade so that we can prevent the trade of porcupines from booming.
08:13Because we are trying to prevent it from becoming the next pest.
08:17It is easy to catch the Palawan porcupines.
08:20Because of this, they are considered as a vulnerable species.
08:25The group can remind them not to kill or take care of them
08:30so that their number in the wild will not decrease.
08:35We also don't want to touch them.
08:38We don't want them to die.
08:41We don't want them to die.
08:44We don't want them to die.
08:46We don't want them to die.
08:49We don't want them to die.
08:52We don't want them to die.
08:55We don't want them to die.
08:59Who is interested in eating a rare animal?
09:02law enforcement.
09:05The purpose of the Porcupine is a weapon to survive,
09:11not just to fight other animals.
09:15Because of their world they live in,
09:18we humans are their strongest enemy.
09:32Hey!
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