divers, this is the update from the fast moving and big hearted people who organized the fund raising...please note that the amount raised is NOT for the Fuel alone but also for the mobilization, care and transfer of the fishes. Releaseing it in honda bay would be catastrophic, I'm sure the fishermen around will be the happiest..lets bring them back to Tubbataha. In a few weeks I'll be goimg to PP to check them out and will bring back photos.
In the mean time, here is our next problem, Judge Ilao of the palwan RTC relesed another Chinese Vessel that was caught earlier last year carrying TURTLEs, another protected species. This same Judge is the one who granted bail to all the fishermen caught on the Ho Wan. H eis the Judge assigned to teh Environmental Court!
Ohmygas! wala ba dyan may connec to get this guy transferred to manila or something?
Anyway read on :
On behalf of the “Mamengs” please accept my heartfelt thanks for your generous support.
What started out as a desperate, last ditch idea to save the animals came to fruition thanks to your overwhelming compassion and generosity. Thanks to you, we now have the means to give the poor animals a real chance to survive this horrible ordeal.
We now must make sure that we do just that. A couple of new issues have come up which forced us to rethink our original plan of immediately transporting the fish back to Tubbataha. The first is the weather. The strong “Amihan” this time of year will make the journey very rough to say the least, extremely uncomfortable for the crew manning the ship, and very risky for the animals.
The second issue is the condition of the “Mamengs.” They have continued to deteriorate from the moment they were caught and placed in the ship’s fish tanks. This was more than two weeks ago. The water quality in the tanks is now marginal, the fish have hardly eaten, if at all. With the bad weather and the weakened state of the animals, we have been told that we risk losing all of them if we were to proceed with the original plan.
So with your permission, we propose revising the plan as follows: the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) have kindly volunteered the use of their sea pens located in the Puerto Princessa area to temporarily keep the Mamengs until March.
The fish will be nourished back to health under the watchful supervision of BFAR experts and WWF field personnel. We have also requested fish experts from abroad to visit the pens and offer their advice. Adequate security will be provided to ensure that the fish remain safe in the pens. All of the costs attendant to these activities will be funded by your donations.
Thankfully, we were able to raise more than the Php400 thousand. We also have a pledge from Petron to provide some of the fuel requirements for the journey to Tubbataha in March. Even as this letter is being composed, other oil companies are likewise considering lending a hand.
We will provide each of you with a planned budget to get this important project accomplished. You will also receive periodic updates as we move towards the magical day when we can set the animals free in Tubbataha.
Hopefully, the foregoing meets with your approval. Kindly email us your comments, questions or suggestions and we will act on them accordingly.
Many thanks!
Lory Tan
Gil Cu Unjieng
Eduardo Cu Unjieng
In the mean time, here is our next problem, Judge Ilao of the palwan RTC relesed another Chinese Vessel that was caught earlier last year carrying TURTLEs, another protected species. This same Judge is the one who granted bail to all the fishermen caught on the Ho Wan. H eis the Judge assigned to teh Environmental Court!
Ohmygas! wala ba dyan may connec to get this guy transferred to manila or something?
Anyway read on :
On behalf of the “Mamengs” please accept my heartfelt thanks for your generous support.
What started out as a desperate, last ditch idea to save the animals came to fruition thanks to your overwhelming compassion and generosity. Thanks to you, we now have the means to give the poor animals a real chance to survive this horrible ordeal.
We now must make sure that we do just that. A couple of new issues have come up which forced us to rethink our original plan of immediately transporting the fish back to Tubbataha. The first is the weather. The strong “Amihan” this time of year will make the journey very rough to say the least, extremely uncomfortable for the crew manning the ship, and very risky for the animals.
The second issue is the condition of the “Mamengs.” They have continued to deteriorate from the moment they were caught and placed in the ship’s fish tanks. This was more than two weeks ago. The water quality in the tanks is now marginal, the fish have hardly eaten, if at all. With the bad weather and the weakened state of the animals, we have been told that we risk losing all of them if we were to proceed with the original plan.
So with your permission, we propose revising the plan as follows: the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) have kindly volunteered the use of their sea pens located in the Puerto Princessa area to temporarily keep the Mamengs until March.
The fish will be nourished back to health under the watchful supervision of BFAR experts and WWF field personnel. We have also requested fish experts from abroad to visit the pens and offer their advice. Adequate security will be provided to ensure that the fish remain safe in the pens. All of the costs attendant to these activities will be funded by your donations.
Thankfully, we were able to raise more than the Php400 thousand. We also have a pledge from Petron to provide some of the fuel requirements for the journey to Tubbataha in March. Even as this letter is being composed, other oil companies are likewise considering lending a hand.
We will provide each of you with a planned budget to get this important project accomplished. You will also receive periodic updates as we move towards the magical day when we can set the animals free in Tubbataha.
Hopefully, the foregoing meets with your approval. Kindly email us your comments, questions or suggestions and we will act on them accordingly.
Many thanks!
Lory Tan
Gil Cu Unjieng
Eduardo Cu Unjieng
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