The wild birds of Indonesia are experiencing a wildlife trade-driven population crisis. To meet the huge demand from bird markets, especially those on Java island, poaching and smuggling of wild birds are now rife. Birds are even captured from protected areas.

Millions of birds have been trapped and taken into the city, locked up in small cages in people’s houses, all to hear a bird sing. A lot of birds dies during capture, transport, and in cages.

Our investigations also have confirmed that many wild bird traders are implicated in the illegal trade and smuggling of another species. Therefore, while FLIGHT is primarily focused to saving wild birds, investigations have also supported the rescue of other species from the illegal wildlife trade.

Since our establishment in February 2018 until our seventh year, we have supported government agencies in rescuing more than 300 thousand songbirds and hundreds of other animals such as Orangutans, Tortoises, proboscis monkeys, The grizzled tree-kangaroos, Sun Bear, hornbills, eagles, leopard cats, Langurs, Gibbons etc.