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Authorities Seize 111 Protected Bird Species from Illegal Trafficking in Lampung

RRI.CO.ID, Bandar Lampung – The Lampung Animal, Fish, and Plant Quarantine Center has intercepted 1,320 birds being smuggled without official documents, including 111 protected species, during a routine inspection at Bakauheni Port’s Seaport Intradiction Gate 2.

Head of the center, Donni Muksydayan, said the case was uncovered when officers, working with Flight Protection Indonesia Birds, inspected a box truck entering the port. Inside, they found 35 baskets and 25 cartons filled with birds of various species.

Identification revealed that 111 of the birds were protected under Indonesian law, including 17 small leafbirds (cica daun kecil), 18 large leafbirds (cica daun besar), 39 blue-winged leafbirds (cica daun sayap biru), 30 Sumatran leafbirds (cica daun Sumatra), one crested jay (tangkar ongklet/cililin), two racket-tailed drongos (ekek layangan), and four Asian fairy-bluebirds (sepah raja).

The remaining 1,209 birds, from 21 different species, were not classified as protected.

The truck driver, identified only as P, failed to present quarantine or transport permits. He admitted to loading 23 baskets of birds in Jambi and 37 in Lubuk Seberuk on February 26, with plans to deliver them to Depok, Serang, and Magelang.

Source: https://rri.co.id/voice-of-indonesia/archipelago/2229693/privacy.html

3,079 birds saved from illegal trade in six days (23-28 October)

As many as 3079 birds were rescued from the illegal trade through 4 rescue operations in Surabaya (East Java), Banyuwangi (East Java), Lampung (South Sumatra), and Riau (Sumatra). All of this happened in just 6 days (23-28 October).

On October 23^rd and 24^th, FLIGHT conducted two (2) rescue operations in Banyuwangi and Surabaya, East Java. In Banyuwangi, FLIGHT managed to save 2,512 birds and in Surabaya, we managed to save 433 birds. Thousands of these birds will be smuggled from Lombok to Surabaya and Banyuwangi, East Java.

On October 21st, Two (2) FLIGHT investigators went to Lombok to investigate the illegal bird trade. Lombok Island and the surrounding islands are source of illegal bird supply in bird markets in Java, especially East Java.

The investigator team managed to find Two (2) warehouses containing thousands of birds belonging to two illegal traders. They have stolen these birds from the wild. On October 22^nd, the team managed to find that illegal traders will smuggle thousands of birds from Lombok to Surabaya and Banyuwangi.

Two (2) FLIGHT investigators based in Lombok divided the work. One investigator followed the truck that was going to smuggle birds into Banyuwangi and another followed another truck that was going to smuggle birds into Surabaya. The team then contacted the quarantine officer. On October 23^rd and 24^th, the trucks were finally stopped in Banyuwangi and Surabaya. The thousands of birds were then returned to Lombok and released into the wild there.

Another rescue happened on October 26^th, the information provided by FLIGHT to the police managed to arrest a trader who’s about to smuggle 94 protected birds from Lampung to Java. The police ambush and arrested the trader in his warehouse in Lampung.