PARROTS STUFFED IN PLASTIC BOTTLES!! Bird smuggling and animal trafficking.
PARROTS STUFFED IN PLASTIC BOTTLES!! A ship was docked in Fakfak, a port town in Indonesia’s eastern region of Papua. As the crew went about their duties they heard strange sounds “coming from inside a large box,” according to a report on the BBC website . A local police spokesman Dodik Junaidi, told the AFP news Agency that the ship’s crew “suspected there were animals inside the box.” What they found was extremely disturbing. There were “dozens of smuggled parrots stuffed in plastic bottles .” Sixty-four parrots were still alive, but ten birds were found dead. The live birds were set free. Indonesia is home to the highest number of threatened bird species in Asia and a rampant illegal trade in birds, the article said. There are avian markets in Indonesia where birds are sold domestically. But many birds are smuggled abroad . Elizabeth John from the wildlife trade watchdog TRAFFIC told the BBC that black capped lorries are sought after illegally to supply ...