Bililan trapped in fish net (June 9, 2011)

A whale shark locally called bililan or tiki tiki was accidentally trapped in a fish net and pulled to shore by fishermen coming from Barangay Cantagay this municipality.

At around 5:45 in the morning of June 9, the whale shark was close to shore rescued and being examined by Physalus’ Dr. Alessandro Ponzo, an Italian veterinarian and his team who declared that the 4.2 meter whale shark is a male and its age is 2 years old.

The whale shark after the brief examination and tagging by the Physalus team was returned to the sea guided by a banca.

Mayor Fortunato Abrenilla (at right) with Barangay Captain Joel Rosario helped return the whale shark to sea.

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