In eastern Indonesia, a source of the illegal bird trade flies under the radar

Mongabay
Dec 11, 2018, 1:58 am187 pts
MARAFENFEN/LORANG, Indonesia — Benedictus has to go out just after dark to check his traps. If he goes any earlier, the palm cockatoos will still be awake and hear him coming. The 42-year-old farmer and hunter is inspecting his traps in Marafenfen village, southern Aru, a flat archipelago the size of Puerto…

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