Sex Male Offspring 1 (Mabuhay) Children Bonecrusher | Species Pithecophaga jefferyi | |
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Owner Philippine Eagle Foundation | ||
Pag-asa (hatched January 15, 1992) is a male Philippine eagle and the first of its species to be bred and hatched in captivity.
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Hatching
Pag-asa was hatched at 10:40 pm PST on January 15, 1992 at the Philippine Eagle Center in Barangay Malagos at the Calinan district in Davao City and was the first of its kind to be successfully bred and hatched in captivity. It weighed 134.6 grams at its birth. Pag-asa was bred through artificial insemination and was hatched through combined artificial and natural incubation technique taught by the World Center For Birds of Prey. The animal was the first offspring of Philippine eagles Diola and Junior. Then 29-year-old Diola, laid the egg of Pag-asa and Junior found in Agusan, was the sperm donor. Pag-asa was named by the breeding team of the Philippine Eagle Conservation Program Foundation Public led by executive director Dennis Salvador and camp manager Domingo Tanada for Tagalog term for "hope". Awareness on conservation efforts on the endangered Philippine eagles increased after the birth of Pag-asa.
Life
Pag-asa had its first chick on February 9, 2013 through artificial insemination. The chick hatched on 1:55 a.m PST from its egg which was laid by then 29-year old eagle, Kalinawan. It weighed 158 grams at its birth. The chick was the first offspring of an eagle bred in captivity. The chick was later named Mabuhay and determined to be female.
Pag-asa is unsuitable to be released to the wild and will remain in captivity due to its dependence to its humans particularly its keeper, Eddie Juntilla, to whom it has imprinted on.
