Asian Songbirds placing a conclusion to unlawful trapping and unsustainable trade that is pet

A captive Straw-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus zeylanicus, popular in Asian areas © TRAFFIC

hunted because of their track

Asian songbirds reach crisis point. Need for a wide selection of songbirds throughout Southeast Asia has triggered a madness of unlawful trapping and unsustainable trade to supply interest in them as caged birds.

The incessant trapping of songbirds is causing woodlands that have been as soon as full of track to gradually develop quiet. It has driven some species just like the Straw-headed Bulbul to neighborhood extinction. In nations Indonesia that is including Nam and Singapore these are generally bought and entered into performing competitions. Some types of songbirds for instance the White-rumped Shama fetch an increased cost if sourced through the crazy. We have been using the services of conservationists, regional governments and campaigners to prevent the unmitigated plunder of the valuable creatures.

over 70,000

birds have now been recently noticed in trade across SE bird that is asian

wild wild wild birds had been discovered accessible in shops in Singapore over a four time study

of bird types discovered easily obtainable in Viet Nam are not at the mercy of any trade settings

Java Sparrow

are nearly extinct in the great outdoors as a result of over-trapping and trade that is illegal

all current crazy people are due to reintroduction after decimating capture for trade

Prohibited trapping of birds is bringing silence to lots of Asia’s rainforests. It is nevertheless perhaps maybe not too late to save yourself the final track, but we must work fast

Serene Chng, Programme Officer – Pets and Fashion

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