Poachers reeling as crackdown uncovers four illegal songbird shipments in a week
Nearly 2,000 birds have been rescued from smugglers in a week thanks to the work of Animals Asia’s Indonesian partner, FLIGHT. For years, poachers and smugglers have found the illegal trafficking in songbirds to be a lucrative trade. Poached from Indonesia’s vast jungles using glue traps, the birds are transported to the capital city of…
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Cilegon Quarantine authorities foiled attempts to smuggle 384 birds
On Tuesday 20 August, the Cilegon Quarantine authorities foiled attempts to smuggle 384 birds (including sunbirds and the Greater green leafbird) at Merak Port, Banten. The birds would have been smuggled from Pekanbaru to Central Java.
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Lampung Quarantine assisted by FLIGHT, stopped the smuggling of more than 1,000 birds
BKSDA and Lampung Quarantine, assisted by FLIGHT, released more than 1,000 of seized birds back into the wild on August 17. On August 16, Lampung Quarantine assisted by FLIGHT, stopped the smuggling of more than 1,000 birds from West Sumatera to Jakarta at Bakaheuni Port, Lampung; species included white eyes and the chestnut-capped laughingthrush.
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Authorities stopped the smuggling of more than 700 birds from Lampung to Jakarta
On August 15, police and Lampung Quarantine authorities stopped the smuggling of more than 700 birds from Lampung to Jakarta at Bakaheuni Port; species included white eyes and prinias. In the afternoon of 16 August, after undergoing a health check, all birds confiscated at Bakaheuni Port were released into the wild by BKSDA, Lampung Quarantine…
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Lampung Quarantine authorities assisted by FLIGHT, stopped the smuggling of more than 900 birds from Lampung to Jakarta
On August 14, Lampung Quarantine authorities assisted by FLIGHT, stopped the smuggling of more than 900 birds from Lampung to Jakarta; species included white eyes, Ashy Tailorbirds and Cinereous Tit. Birds were crammed into crates and stuffed in the luggage compartment of bus. After going through a health check, FLIGHT helped the Lampung Quarantine and BKSDA to…
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FLIGHT helped Riau Police arrested online traders selling protected animals through Facebook
On July 30, FLIGHT helped Riau Police arrested online traders selling protected animals through Facebook in Pekanbaru, Sumatra. The animals that were rescued were 3 deer (Tragulus), 2 baby crocodiles, 20 Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri), 3 blue-rumped parrot (Psittinus cyanurus), 1 long-tailed macaque, and 1 slow loris. This arrest was successful because of an investigation…
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More than 950 of seized birds back into the wild
On July 11, Lampung Quarantine authorities assisted by FLIGHT, stopped the smuggling of 969 birds; species included white eyes, and prinia from Lampung to Jakarta at Bakaheuni Port, Lampung. Birds were crammed into crates and stuffed in the trunks of two buses. The birds would have been sold in markets and spent the rest of their lives…
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Thousands of seized birds back into the wild
On July 7, FLIGHT helped the Cilegon Quarantine in preventing the smuggling of 60 prinia birds from Sumatra to Java via Merak port. On the same day, the Lampung Police and Quarantine succeeded in stopping the smuggling of more than 2700 birds; species included white eyes, black-naped orioles, sunbirds, prinia, and Myna. at Bakaheuni Port,…
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