The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) filed criminal charges against the vloggers involved in the viral mishandling of Philippine tarsiers.
The department filed the charges on Thursday, April 11, against identified vloggers Ryan Parreño and Sammy Estrebilla.
“Just this afternoon, April 11th, we filed a criminal case against Ryan Parreño and Sammy Estrebilla for violation of Section 27, paragraphs (f), and (h) of RA 9147, as amended by RA 11038 known as Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System (E-NIPAS) Act of 2018,” Felix Alicer, DENR-12 Regional Executive Director, said in a statement.
He added filing charges against the individuals to prevent others from doing the same disturbing acts.
“Our evaluation disclosed that a crime has been committed under the stated provisions of RA 9147. The filing of the case against the violators is an action taken so that the citizens would not imitate the disturbing same acts,” Alicer said.
The viral video showed Parreño and Estrebilla holding Philippine tarsiers while laughing.
