In this handout photo taken on April 28, 2008 and re-leased by the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) July 18, 2008 shows endangered Philippine Eagle nicknamed "Kagsabua", a tribal word meaning "unity" in the forest of Kitanglad national park in Bukidnon province.

「菲律賓老鷹基金會」7月18日展示這張攝於今年4月28日的菲國瀕臨絕種老鷹的照片，布奇農省奇坦格拉德國家公園森林一個部落為這隻老鷹取個綽號「團結」。

A farmer has been detained by southern Philippines police after he confessed to shooting and eating one of the world's largest and rarest eagles, wildlife officials told AFP on July 18.

據菲國野生物官員7月18日告訴法新社，一名農民招供他射殺並吃下世界最大的稀有老鷹後，他已被菲國南部警方扣押。

The July 10 attack on the two-year-old, four-kilo-gram male eagle on the slopes of Mount Kitanglad on Mindanao island was deemed a major setback in attempts to save the critically endangered species from extinction. The bird, nicknamed "Kagsabua", had only been released back into the wild four months earlier after it was shot and wounded with a lead pellet by game hunters in the Kitanglad range.

這頭才兩歲大4公斤重的雄鷹，7月10日在民答那峨島奇坦格拉德山山坡上被攻擊事件，咸認是菲國力圖拯救嚴重瀕絕物種免於滅絕的一大挫敗。這隻綽號「團結」的雄鷹，過去曾在奇坦格拉德山被獵人用鉛彈射傷，4個月前才被野放回大自然。

A radio tracking device attached to the eagle and later buried by the 20-year-old suspect led to the arrest. Killing endangered species is punishable by a 12-year prison term and stiff fines.

一具裝在老鷹身上的無線電追蹤器後來被20歲的嫌犯埋在土裡，才導致嫌犯被捕。殺害瀕臨絕種物種可處12年有期徒刑及高額罰款。

Fewer than 250 adult Pithecophaga jefferyi, with a two-meter wingspan and magnificent mantle of feathers on its nape, are estimated to be left in the Philippines, and are found nowhere else, according to the Interna-tional Union for the Conservation of Nature. "He was worth more than a brother to me," said a devastated Philippine Eagle Foundation biologist Giovanni Tampus, part of a four-member team who had tracked the bird daily after its release back into the wild.

菲國估計只剩不到250頭成年的食猿鵰，這種猛禽展翼兩公尺，頸背處有如斗篷的羽毛，據國際自然保育聯盟估計，其他地方均不見食猿鵰蹤影。菲律賓老鷹基金會極為震驚的生物學家坦帕斯說：「他對我來說親如兄弟。」坦帕斯是食猿鵰野放後每天追蹤其行蹤的四人小組成員之一。

Kagsabua was the second Philippine eagle to be killed after being released by the foundation.

「團結」也是菲國基金會野放後第二隻遇害的老鷹。