THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has secured a conviction in a wildlife case over the killing in 2014 of a Rufous hornbill, a threatened bird species locally known as kalaw, in Ilocos Norte.

Judge Conrado Ragucos of Branch 19 of the Bangui Regional Trial Court sentenced Michael Datu to a jail term of up to four years after he pleaded guilty to killing the kalaw, which is penalized under Republic Act No. 9147 or the Wildlife Resources Protection Act.

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