SINGAPORE: Singapore showed off two critically endangered eagles on Wednesday that were loaned from the Philippines as part of a breeding program to reverse the dwindling numbers of the feathered giants.

Destruction of tropical rainforest and relentless hunting have decimated the population of the Philippine Eagle — one of the world's biggest and most powerful birds whose wingspan can reach 2 meters (7 feet) — with only around 800 believed left in the wild, conservationists say.

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