Indonesia's booming caged-bird trade is fueling trafficking and threatening extinction

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By Philip JacobsonJun 25, 2015, 2:41 am109 pts
Indonesia is a global hub for the wild bird trade, given its abundance of bird species and deep-seated tradition of bird-keeping. But while newspaper headlines regularly trumpet the most alarming examples of international smuggling, experts warn it’s the domestic pet trade that poses a bigger threat.

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