Man selling eagles on Facebook arrested in Indonesia

Mongabay
By Philip JacobsonJul 7, 2015, 7:42 am64 pts
Police in Indonesia’s second city of Surabaya, a hotbed of wildlife trafficking, seized 16 eagles of various types from a trafficker who was using Facebook to connect with potential customers. A tip alerted the authorities to the trafficker. They used the Internet to confirm his activities before moving to…

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