FLIGHT helped quarantine authorities to save 400 birds from being smuggled via Bakaheuni port and Merak port
On July 1, FLIGHT helped quarantine authorities to save 400 birds from being smuggled, including sunbirds and prinia, who would have been smuggled via Bakaheuni port, Lampung and Merak Port, Banten. Look at how birds are crammed above the wheel arch in the bus. In the same day, the Cilegon Quarantine and West Java BKSDA,…
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FLIGHT wrote to Lion Air and Citilink airlines to ask them to stop transporting songbirds
Today, FLIGHT wrote to Lion Air and Citilink airlines to ask them to stop transporting songbirds. Our investigations show that these two airlines transport songbirds illegally. Birds are kept in narrow and small cages during their trips. In Indonesia, there is currently a songbird crisis. The large songbird bird trade in Indonesia, which involves illegal…
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More than 850 confiscated birds have been released into the wild
On June 18, more than 850 confiscated birds have been released into the wild by the Lampung BKSDA, Lampung Quarantine Authority, supported by FLIGHT. The Lampung Quarantine Authority, assisted by FLIGHT, succeeded in preventing more than 850 birds from being smuggled from Sumatra to Java via Bakaheuni Port, Lampung. The Executive Director of FLIGHT, Marison…
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More than 920 of the 1081 confiscated sunbirds have been released into the wild
On May 26, the Cilegon Quarantine Authority, assisted by FLIGHT, succeeded in preventing 1081 sunbirds from being smuggled from Sumatra to Java via Merak Port, Banten. More than 920 of the 1081 confiscated sunbirds have been released into the wild in the same day, by the West Java BKSDA, Cilegon Quarantine Authority, supported by FLIGHT.…
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FLIGHT presented a certificate of appreciation to the Agricultural Quarantine Agency
On May 7, FLIGHT Director of Communication, Namira Annisa, met with the Head of Public Relations, Agricultural Quarantine Agency, Endah Kartikawati. Namirapraised the strong relations between FLIGHT and Lampung Quarantine. She expressed our hope that the collaboration between these two organisations would expand to cover other regions vulnerable to bird smuggling. Namira presented a certificate of appreciation to the…
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More than 1600 birds smuggled from Sumatra to Java were halted by Lampung quarantine authority
On April 4, more than 1600 birds smuggled from Sumatra to Java were halted by Lampung quarantine authority, assisted by FLIGHT. On April 5, we helped release the birds back into the wild, after checking their health.
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Namira Annisa, Communication Director of Flight, presented at the “Asian Songbird Trade Specialist Group Meeting” in Singapore
Namira Annisa, Communication Director of Flight Protecting Indonesia’s birds, presented at the “Asian Songbird Trade Specialist Group Meeting” in Singapore, between 30th March – 1st April 2019. She relayed two messages: 1. FLIGHT’s progress, especially working with quarantine authorities to prevent the smuggling of birds from Sumatra to Java. Bird traders in Java are now…
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In the space of 5 days, the smuggling of more than 1400 Sumatran birds were prevented.
On March 11, FLIGHT, in collaboration with the Lampung Quarantine authorities, succeeded in preventing the smuggling of 322 Sumatran birds to Java through Bakaheuni Port. The birds were dispatched from Ogan Kumiring Ulu, south Sumatra to Tangerang, West Java. They were crammed into a cardboard box and hidden in a bus. After checking that they…
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