瓶中鳥：冷血走私者將鳥塞入瓶中轉售 - 鳥

Bottled birds:
How callous smugglers cram cockatoos into
plastic bottles to get them through customs
[印度尼西亞訊]瓶中鳥：冷血走私者將鸚鵡塞入塑膠瓶中轉售予客戶

By JENNY AWFORD FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 18:50 GMT, 4 May 2015 | UPDATED: 05:58 GMT, 5 May 2015


新聞網址：http://goo.gl/xPBrZF

※More than 24 endangered Yellow-crested cockatoos were rescued by police
※Smugglers stuffed them in bottles to get through customs in Indonesia
※Critically endangered cockatoos can be sold for as much as ￡650 each
※Around 40 per cent of birds die during the illegal smuggling process
警方搶救超過24隻瀕臨絕種的黃冠鸚鵡(巴丹)
印度尼西亞走私者將鳥隻塞入瓶中轉售顧客
嚴重瀕臨絕種鸚鵡每隻售價650英鎊
約有40%的鳥隻死於非法走私中

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More than 24 critically endangered cockatoos were rescued by police after
being found stuffed in water bottles for illegal trade.
Smugglers crammed the Yellow-crested cockatoos into empty bottles so they
could get through customs at Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia.
But Indonesian Police discovered the birds, which can be sold for as much
as ￡650 each, and cut them free so they could receive medical attention.
The Yellow-crested cockatoo was listed as a critically endangered species
by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural
Resources in 2007.

警方搶救超過24隻嚴重瀕臨絕種的鸚鵡，這些鸚鵡原本被困在礦泉水瓶以便進行
非法貿易。走私者將黃冠鸚鵡(巴丹)塞入空瓶中以便他們可以通過印尼在泗水(Surabaya)
的丹戎佩拉港(Tanjung Perak)之海關。但印尼警方發現這些可以市價每隻650歐元出售
的鳥隻，並且保護牠們可以接受醫療照護。黃冠鸚鵡在2007年被聯合國列為嚴重頻危
的物種。

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The population is at a critical low due to deforestation and poaching and
recent studies suggest there may be less than 7,000 individuals remaining.
More than 10,000 parrots, including Lories and Cockatoos, are caught from
the wild in North Halmahera, Indonesia, each year to supply the domestic and
the international illegal wildlife trade.


由於森林砍伐、盜獵導致黃冠鸚鵡口數嚴重不足，且據研究顯示目前當地存活黃冠鸚鵡
數不足7,000隻。印尼在哈馬黑拉島北部的原始森林中，每年有超過10,000隻的洛里
(Lories,吸蜜類鸚鵡)與黃冠鸚鵡(巴丹)被捕捉，以供應國內與國際非法野生動物交易。

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Around 40 per cent of birds die during the illegal smuggling process.
So for every 1,000 parrots caught from the wild, 400 birds died in vain,
during the poaching, transportation and trade, due to poor conditions and
cruel handling.

約有40%的鳥隻在非法走私中喪命。也就是說，每1,000隻自來自原始叢林的鸚鵡，就有
400隻經由盜獵、運送與交易而死亡，其死亡原因在於惡劣條件與殘忍處理方法。

Most parrots are prohibited from international commercial trade unless they
are captive bred or permitted by the exporting country.
Yellow-crested cockatoos also breed very slowly and lay eggs only once a year. They can produce only two eggs at a time.
Illegal trapping continues in many areas including Rawa Aopa Watumohai National
Park, Buton and Kadatua Islands, but has reportedly been reduced significantly
on Sumba.

除非自行飼養或取得出口國許可，在國際貿易上禁止絕大多數鸚鵡貿易。黃冠鸚鵡
(巴丹)的繁殖非常慢，一年只下一次蛋。在包括Rawa Aopa Watumohai國家公園、布頓島
(Buton)及卡達圖昂島(Kadatua)等區域都有非法設陷阱捕捉，但據說在松巴島(Sumba)上
這樣的情況已經有所改善。

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Large-scale logging and conversion of forest to agriculture across its range
has exacerbated the decline, and the use of pesticides is a further potential
threat.
The white birds can range in size from 12 inch to about 27inch in length and
present a beautiful yellow crest.
They are found in wooded and cultivated areas of East Timor and Indonesia's
islands of Sulawesi and the Lesser Sundas.

在這些地區大規模砍伐與將森林用地改為農業用地，使得物種數量下降更加嚴重；此外，
殺蟲劑也更是一潛在威脅。這些白色的鸚鵡(巴丹)大約長成在12英吋至27英吋間，擁有漂
亮的黃色頂冠。在東帝汶(East Timor)與印尼的蘇拉威西島(Sulawesi)與小巽他群島
(Lesser Sundas)樹叢與農作灌溉區域都能發現牠們的蹤跡。





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愛惜生命、尊重自然。


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