Jakarta, July 15 -- Indonesian authorities have foiled a smuggling attempt of more than 1,200 endangered Javan white-eye birds after discovering them stuffed into cages.
The popular cage-bird is listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and a protected species by the Indonesian environment and forestry ministry.
Authorities found the huge cache of birds in eight cages on July 11, including 140 that died, at a port on Flores island in eastern Indonesia, Joko Waluyo, an official at a provincial conservation agency, told reporters on July 13.
The birds were due to be taken by ferry to Surabaya, a city in the east of Indonesia's main island Java.
Joko said the alleged perpetrator, who has not yet been...
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