Groups slam Chavit Singson and daughter's wild duck-hunting activities

[King LeBron]

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Wild duck for dinner?

The daughter of former Ilocos Sur Governor Chavit Singson seemed unaware of any laws that may have been broken as she posted photos of herself and her father hunting wild duck in the province.

Richelle Louise Singson-Michael posted the photos on Instagram and Facebook with the hash tags "#Hunting #fatherdaughter #bonding #whatsfordinner ? #wildduck #adobo ". The photos have gone viral on the Net among bird enthusiasts and photographers.



In a comment on one of the photos, Richelle said it was taken "somewhere in Ilocos Sur."

The Wild Bird Club of the Philippines has decried the Singsons' actions, saying that wild duck hunting is illegal in the Philippines.

"While the Club desperately promotes bird watching to raise the need for environmental conservation, some of our countrymen spend family-bonding time killing birds," the group said on its Facebook account. "Hunting, poaching and even mere possession of wildlife is illegal in the Philippines."

"In the Daang Matuwid administration, why are some people...still above the law?," it added.

According to an article on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources site, the Philippine duck is the country's only endemic duck and is classified as "vulnerable" under the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Republic Act 9147, the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act, states that the collection and hunting of threatened wildlife is prohibited.

source: Groups slam Chavit Singson and daughter's wild duck-hunting activities | News | GMA News Online
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mura man sad nig kang napoles... exposed by her own daughter's social media show-off!

chavit singson, ma-preso?! nah, forget it.

maayo kaayo ta mubuhat ug balaod pero palpak sa tanang pinaka-palpak sa pag-implement! smh

[jofer]

hinigo.a inday oi

[noy.juan]

what are kind of wild ducks ang illegal? kay didto sa mainit lake sa kitcharao, agusan arang kahamok iton mga wild duck... mga saba raba ning mga koleraha... usahay panpusilon jaon namo kay did-on sa amo basakan kilid sa mainit tumba ang mga binhi...

[soundstreammsi]

^diba lami manang mga hayopa adobohon hehehe parisan ug inun.unang pijanga.

[noy.juan]

^diba lami manang mga hayopa adobohon hehehe parisan ug inun.unang pijanga.

mao... pero bantay2 lang sa Schisto.. arang pajud kahamok did-on sa mainit... pero waya bajay ga laong illegal na siya basin jaoy specific nga breed... kay iton nga wild duck gi consider nang peste didto sa amo probinsya...

[Dorothea]

sundog2x ra ni sila sa Duck Dynasty

[reptoid]

The rich, the politically connected operating above the law. This is not news, this is business as usual.

[4s gadgets]

unsa na kaha update ani? dugaya kaha mahuman sa kaso ani.hahah