Surabaya Police Confiscate Rare Birds

Purple-naped Lory (Lorius domicella). Vulnerable because it has a small population, which is undergoing a continuing decline owing to trapping. Image by WayanHenri Jakarta: East Java police and animal rights organisation confiscated 40 rare birds from a house in Surabaya and arrested a suspected animal trader.

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Forest conversion, poaching at Manusela kill rare Seram cockatoo

Rare picture of Wild Seram Cockatoo. Image by Kai Bansner.The Seram cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis), an endemic bird species found mainly on the islands of Seram, Haruku, Saparua and Ambon, Maluku, is on the verge of extinction due to widespread poaching and forest clearing, a conservationist says.

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