illegal wildlife trade

  1. Salt Merchant

    74 lories smuggled in bottles

    Dozens of lories stuffed in plastic water bottles have been found by the authority on a ship docked in Fakfak, West Papua, Indonesia. The birds smuggled in the plastic bottles are the black-capped lory (Lorius lory). "So during the embarkation and debarkation process, the crew told us that...
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  2. kiang

    Illegal import thwarted at LAX

    A man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of smuggling 93 Asian songbirds — most of which died — from Vietnam to the Los Angeles International Airport, federal authorities said. Federal authorities said Law stuffed the songbirds into his luggage and boarded a flight from Vietnam on March 24. All...
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    India Bans Inportation of Animal Skins

    Wildlife crime: India bans import of skins of reptiles, mink, fox and chinchillas, thanks to Maneka Gandhi
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