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Demands for 'pet' parrots means that wildlife trafficking like this still thrives, glad authorities discovered these poor birds in time to save at least some of them from a miserable fate.They’re famous for being loud, striking, and playful. But the 7 Cockatoos stuffed into mineral water bottles discovered in a passenger ship in an Indonesian port, were anything but that: tinyurl.com/5n72ycbb
Six survived the attempt to smuggle them from Papua to Makassar when they were found by authorities in Ambon, part way through the journey spanning several thousand kilometres.
One of the ships passengers has been detained. The birds had been stuffed into the bottles and packed in two cardboard boxes. The surviving birds are at a rescue centre.
The demand for these birds in the illegal pet trade often results in them being smuggled in this way. Kudos to port authorities and enforcement agencies on the bust.
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Awwww!!!! That’s sweet!