The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has asked the public to stop treating wildlife as their personal property.

In his speech during the World Wildlife Day celebration, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje stressed that efforts to conserve the country’s flora and fauna will be futile if people continue to have wildlife species as pets as this defeats their important role in maintaining ecological balance and nature cycles.

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