Welcome to the Butanding Network!

This site was developed to create awareness on whale shark (locally known as BUTANDING) presence in the Philippines. This contains information and links on researches about whale sharks and news about them all over the Philippines. By visiting this website and being informed, you have taken the first step of becoming a part of the conservation of this species.

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Philippine Research Updates

Total Identified Individual Whale Shark: 388
Area Breakdown:  Donsol  [356]
                           Leyte  [017]
                           Bohol  [004]
                           Palawan  [001]
                           Cebu  [001]
                           Batangas  [008]
                                                     Albay  [001]
 

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Whale Shark Tracking in Donsol, Sorsogon

Identified whale sharks to date (2012 season)0
Identified whale sharks (weekly) __

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Butanding Watch Project

The third grant from Duke University's Center for Marine Conservation (Duke CMC) through the Oak Foundation continues to spread awareness on whale shark conservation in the Philippines. Regional offices of BFAR, DENR and concerned NGOs were visited including Region 2, 4A, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and ARMM. The project aims to continue to reach out to as many people as possible and encourage state universities/colleges to dwell on research in learning more about this animal.

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Stop Shark Finning

Butanding in Bits

Do you know that although whale sharks are filter feeders they still have teeth?

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Report a Sighting

Have You Seen One Recently?

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Butanding in the News

25 Jan 2012

Cebu City, January 15, 2012 - Berto’s impressive size and docility in Oslob coastal waters has drawn a large influx of tourists to one of its small village, Barangay Tan-awan, in just over four

10 Jan 2012

It was an accident—or attack—waiting to happen.

8 Jan 2012

ON board a motor banca with a group of divers in barangay Tan-awan, Oslob town, Cebu Gov.

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