More than 4,900 Live Individual Animals Rescued from Illegal Wildlife Trade during May
Throughout May 2024, the FLIGHT Team recorded that there had been 21 cases of smuggling and illegal wildlife trade in Indonesia. From the data collected, more than 4,900 protected and unprotected wild animals have been rescued. Apart from live wild animals, the illegal trade in the form of 46 preserved animals and approximately 7 kg…
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Attempt to Smuggle 2,540 Sumatran Birds to Java Successfully Thwarted
The Indonesian Quarantine Agency through the South Lampung Bakauheni Port Service Unit together with Flight Protecting Indonesia’s Birds managed to rescue 2,540 Sumatran birds from the illegal wildlife trade on 4 May. Thousands of wildlife were suspected to be smuggled to Java Island through the Bakauheni-Merak crossing service.Head of the Lampung Quarantine Unit of Bakauheni Port,…
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Over 2900 Animals Rescued from Illegal Wildlife Trade during April 2024
Throughout April 2024, the FLIGHT Team recorded that there had been 12 cases of smuggling and illegal wildlife trade in Indonesia. From the data that has been collected, 2,939 protected and unprotected species have been rescued from illegal trade. Among the animals that were rescued, the majority were birds of various species, totaling 2,865 birds.…
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6 Proboscis Monkeys, 40 yellow-streaked lories, 2 Sulawesi Hornbills, 3 Leopard cats, and a Silvery Lutung Rescued from Illegal Wildlife Trade
FLIGHT has assisted the authorities in stopping three instances of illicit wildlife smuggling in various areas within the past two weeks. The smuggling of two Sulawesi hornbills to Java was successfully stopped at Tanjung Perak Port, Surabaya, on February 29. Tanjung Perak Port in Surabaya has been identified as the main entry point for wildlife…
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More Than 6,900 Birds Have been Rescued from the Illegal Wildlife Trade During February 2024
Throughout February 2024, we recorded that approximately 24 times the smuggling of wild birds carried out by traffickers were successfully thwarted by law officers. More than 6,900 birds have been confiscated and rescued from the hands of perpetrators. Unfortunately, a number of birds—especially small-sized birds—die or are not saved as a result of negligent transportation…
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56 Protected Birds Confiscated from Illegal Wildlife Trade, 46 of them Found Dead
The Sulawesi Region Operations Team of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry Law Enforcement Center (Gakkum) has arrested two protected wildlife traffickers with the initials SJ (47 years old) and FN (22 years old) in South Sulawesi Province. “The perpetrators are both buyers and sellers of protected wildlife. We are committed to continue developing the…
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Smuggling of Thousands of Sumatran Songbirds Destined for Java Island Thwarted at Bakauheni Port, Lampung
The smuggling of 2,830 Sumatran songbirds of various species was foiled at the Executive Dock of Bakauheni Port, Lampung, on Thursday (2/15). The smuggling of thousands of birds without official documents was foiled by a joint team of Lampung Quarantine, Army Military Police and Flight Protecting Birds. Head of Lampung Quarantine, Donni Muksydayan, said the arrest…
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FLIGHT supported BBKSDA South Sulawesi and the Military Police of Naval Base VI in providing awareness raising to more than 300 Navy military personnel
On 5 February, FLIGHT supported BBKSDA South Sulawesi and the Military Police of Naval Base VI in providing awareness raising to more than 300 Navy military personnel on the importance of protecting wildlife in their natural habitat and the prohibition of illegal wildlife trade. This socialisation in order to participate in the 78th Anniversary of…
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