日前印尼警方在海關查獲了一起走私野生動物的案件,走私者用了一個相當殘忍的方法,企圖躲過海關人員的檢查,但終究還是被發現了…
![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](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/284DE0FA00000578-0-image-a-22_1430765212950.jpg)
他們走私的是這種名叫小葵花鳳頭鸚鵡 (Cacatua sulphurea),為了讓這些鳥兒能夠乖乖地度過運送過程…走私犯居然把鸚鵡就這麼塞在寶特瓶裡頭!?
![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](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/284DE0EF00000578-0-image-a-23_1430765217690.jpg)
![Smugglers had crammed the Yellow-crested cockatoos into empty bottles so they could get through customs at Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/284DE09500000578-0-image-a-20_1430764918514.jpg)
這種小葵花鳳頭鸚鵡在2000年時已被全世界列為極度瀕危物種,據專家表示、世界上所剩的小葵花鳳頭鸚鵡已經少於7000隻,甚至比熊貓或黑面琵鷺還要珍貴。
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小葵花鳳頭鸚鵡因為居住的林地被毀、再加上許多的盜獵者獵殺所以數量急劇下降,然而他們本身的孵育速度就相當緩慢,大約一年產卵一次、而一次也頂多會下兩顆蛋,因此確實是相當需要保護的物種…
![More than 24 critically endangered cockatoos were rescued by police after being found stuffed in water bottles for illegal trade](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/284DE0D800000578-0-image-a-19_1430764883449.jpg)
這些小葵花鳳頭鸚鵡光是一隻就能賣到650英鎊 (約台幣3萬元) 的價格,於是總會有不肖之徒為了賺錢鋌而走險…據說每年在印尼約有超過一萬隻的鳥類被非法捕捉並走私,其中也不乏珍貴的保育類,而其中也會有約4成的鳥類不堪長途運送過程而死亡…
![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](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/284DE0E300000578-0-image-a-21_1430765209025.jpg)
![Yellow-crested cockatoos also breed very slowly and lay eggs only once a year. They can produce only two eggs at a time](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/284DE0CB00000578-0-image-a-24_1430765223085.jpg)
印尼警方努力救出了約24隻焉焉一息的小葵花鳳頭鸚鵡,目前則進一步接受醫療照顧。
![Most parrots are prohibited from international commercial trade unless they are captive bred or permitted by the exporting country](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/284DE0E700000578-0-image-a-25_1430765271122.jpg)
來源:Daily Mail
這麼做真的太過分了…賺錢的方式有很多種,為什麼一定要選擇這麼殘忍的做法呢?讓我想到了之前提過的動物紀念品事件… (連結)
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