A first-timer's guide to the

A first-timer's guide to the Philippine  Eagle Center in Davao City

There’s a clear difference between a zoo and an animal sanctuary. A zoo is where wild animals are kept in cages for public viewing while an animal sanctuary primarily aims to preserve animals from becoming extinct. In most cases, it is closed from public view.

The Philippine Eagle Center (PEC) in Davao is one sanctuary that can be treated as a zoo. It is one of the most publicly accessible animal sanctuaries around and it is home to one of the rarest, most magnificent animals anywhere in the world, the Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi).

There are at least 36 Philippine