Rare Philippine eagle on loan to Singapore dies from infection

Geo was one of two Philippine eagles Manila sent to Singapore under a pact to help save some of the world's rarest raptors. - MANDAI WILDLIFE GROUP

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A rare Philippine eagle – one of two housed at Singapore’s Bird Paradise, an aviary located in Mandai – died on Thursday (Sept 7) due to an infection from a still undetermined cause.

The Mandai Wildlife Group said on Friday that Geothermica – known as “Geo” – was taken to a ward at the Avian Health and Research Centre at Bird Paradise on Aug 30, after his care team noticed he was “not feeding well, and initial blood tests indicated he was fighting an infection”.