07/12/2018
The
seizure of over 8,000 birds in three incidents over a 10-day period highlights
the large-scale extraction of birds from the wilds of Sumatra in order to feed
Indonesia's chronic and unsustainable demand for caged birds.
All the
birds confiscated by Indonesia's Agricultural Quarantine Agency had originated
from Sumatra and were destined for sale in Java, which is home to the largest
bird markets in South-East Asia and supports a thriving illegal trade in wild-caught
songbirds.
On 27
November, Cilegon quarantine officers working with Indonesian NGO, FLIGHT,
seized 2,140 birds found on a truck at Merak port on the north-west tip of
Java.
Just 10
days prior, the same quarantine office confiscated 4,851 birds packed into
boxes from a truck in Kota Serang, the westernmost province on Java. The
consignment originated in Lampung, a province in the southernmost tip of
Sumatra, and was headed for several locations in Java.
In
operations from 21-23 November, Bandar Lampung quarantine officers seized a
further 1,536 birds, which had been stuffed into dozens of plastic crates in
the luggage compartment of a bus at Bakauheni Port in southern Sumatra.
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