Comments on: Mindoro: Getting Up Close to the Rare Philippine Tamaraw

By: lakwatsera de primera

lakwatsera de primera — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:05:52 +0000

crossing the bridge looks fun, I think we passed by something like that on our way to Pandan Island.

By: Mindoro: San Jose Chronicles Summary | Ironwulf.net: En Route - Best Philippines, Travel, Photography Blog

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:04:25 +0000

[...] You’ll go off on Exciting Adventures. Driving through rough and dusty roads, we headed to Barangay Monte Claro, northeast of San Jose City proper to get up close to the rare Tamaraws. This endangered species of buffalo, scientifically known as Anoa Mindorensi, can only be found in the Philippines and is endemic to Mindoro Island. [...]

By: Mindoro: A visit to the Buhid Mangyan Villages in San Jose | Ironwulf.net: En Route - Best Philippines, Travel, Photography Blog

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:03:47 +0000

[...] ate our packed lunch there at the Tamaraw Gene Pool Center after visiting the captive Tamaraws Kali and Mimi. It was a simple packed lunch which we ate kamotan style (with our barehands) there at the outdoors [...]

By: mandino

mandino — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:57:07 +0000

BertN, actually it’s really possible! I have seen a lot of farmers here in the province doing the same thing! I don’t know what they say to the carabaos… but while in captivity, they are nursed, and when released to the wild they are actually guided by an elder carabao It’s cool actually.. I have been visiting my friends in the province but it’s still recent that I have seen this kind of growing the carabao… I’ve shared with with my friends with a review in Baraaza

By: paoruiz

paoruiz — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:39:23 +0000

panalo yung cable bridge ah. =p

By: bing

bing — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:13:23 +0000

love the tamaraw pics. thanks for sharing them. i have never seen a tamaraw in my life.

By: bertN

bertN — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:53:28 +0000

Is it possible to breed a herd of them in captivity and reintroduce them in the wild to revitalize their number? I supposed poaching and deforestation have to be stopped first. Given the tract record of our government, baka ito ang tinatawag na “suntok sa buwan.”

If the cable bridge is any higher and there’s a wider, raging river below, I don’t care if Britney Spears is waiting for me at the other end – I am not crossing LOL.

By: mandino

mandino — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:32:41 +0000

there was one thing that my teacher really taught me that time, it was about visiting the places that are native to your area and then the world. There is really no point that I could ever admire the world without visiting first your areas… I really like the pictures protrayed in this article, love the carabao! hehehe It seems that it is really nice documenting the travels, I have mine at Baraaza

By: lagalog

lagalog — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:25:31 +0000

Thanks for sharing this amigo. For the younger generation, malamang sa hindi, ang recall ng Tamaraw is the AUV, not the carabao endemic to Mindoro. It is indeed a rare privilege to have come up close to one.Even visitors to Mt. Baco are not as privileged to come this close, panay nakikita ko sa documentaries, through binoculars lang.

By: Ferdz

Ferdz — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:12:33 +0000

Hi Lyanne! Hahaha. Yeah I remember our cable bridge crossing there. Onga eh, di ko inexpect na ganun size nya kaya mukha nga syang pokemon. I really hope as well they preserve and grow their numbers. Yup Allan! Kaya poachers wants them because their head is worth a lot, and I mean really big money. True Dom, I hope we don't reach that point where the ratio lessens. Hi Andrea! The Islands Manadi and Ilin can be reached less than an hour from San Jose while Ambulong may take at least an hour. Thanks as well for taking note of the error.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:22:52 +0000

PS. Di ba binago na ang scientific name ng tamaraw from Anoa mindorensis to Bubalis mindorensis kasi daw Anoa is a subspecies of Bubalis. Thanks.