Municipality of Besao, Mountain Province

Besao is a 5th class municipality in the province of Mountain Province, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 7,295 people in 1,735 households. On January 18, 2008, a Philippine Serpent Eagle was rescued in a forest in Barangay Laylaya, Besao, Mountain Province. It suffered a right wing gunshot wound damaging a bone (similar to a bird caught at Lake Banao, [Besao] in 2000). Another serpent eagle rescued in the Cordillera died 3 days after it was brought to the custody of the PAWB years ago.