Cruel smugglers cram endangered
birds into water bottles to pass through customs and reach black market. The
birds can be sold illegally for around £650 each but every year thousands of
animals die at the hands of black marketers.
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The Yellow-crested cockatoos, a bird
that is listed 'critically endangered' by the International Union for the
Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, were on their way to being sold
on the black market when officers discovered them as smugglers tried to pass
through customs at Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia.
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| Trapped The Yellow-crested cockatoos are an endangered species |
Each bird would have been sold for
around £650 but after the haul was discovered, officers cut them free so they
could receive medical attention. It is not known if any died.
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| Smugglers The birds were eventually cut free and handed over to vets |
The terrified birds were found
wedged into plastic water bottles and unable to move by Indonesian Police at a
customs check.
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| Foto: Jefta Images / Barcroft Media Yellow-crested cockatoo inserted in empty water bottles for illegal trade, are shown by police officials at Port of Tanjung Perak on May 4, 2015 in Surabaya, Indonesia. |
Indonesia is currently battling a
booming trade in illegal bird sales with more than 10,000 parrots being caught
from the wild and sold each year.
Tragically around 40 per cent of
animals smuggled around the nation die while in transit - having been
transported in horrific conditions.
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| Jefta Images / Barcroft Media Yellow-crested cockatoo inserted in empty water bottles for illegal trade, are shown by police officials at Port of Tanjung Perak on May 4, 2015 in Surabaya, Indonesia. |
Due to poaching and deforestation,
there are thought to be less than 7,000 of the birds remaining in the wild. Native
to Indonesia, the cockatoos breed very slowly and lay eggs only once a year -
producing only two at a time.They range in size from 12ins to 27ins in length
and boast a beautiful yellow crest.
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