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Indonesia’s Devastating Wild Bird Trade

Indonesia’s massive bird trade is especially rooted in Javan traditions Table of Contents Pramuka bird market, Jakarta – largest wildlife market in southeast Asia Songbird contests stimulate bird keeping President Joko Widodo Boosts the Bird Trade To some Indonesians, “conservation” means imprison birds and never mind the devastation…

Letter to President Jokowi about Indonesia’s Terrible Devastating Bird Trade

Dear President Joko Widodo: I see in an article you would like to have more wild birds in, say, Bogor Botanical Garden. Great! But why not across all Java, where it is very hard to find wild birds in most places, even in beautiful countryside? As you…