Study uncovers illegal bird trade in Thailand’s weekend market

Mongabay
By Shreya DasguptaAug 2, 2016, 4:00 am109 pts
Thousands of birds are being sold -- often illegally -- in Thailand’s markets, a new study has found. On a single weekend in March 2015, researchers from TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, found a total of 117 species of birds on sale at the Chatuchak weekend market in Bangkok, Thailand. These…

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