Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Bird market

Janet and I took a walk through the local "bird market" today, where many species of endangered birds and other animals are publicly sold despite local (unenforced) laws. It is similar to, but smaller than, the Jakarta market that convinced ProFauna's founder to form a wildlife protection NGO.

Below is a video of some malnourished baby monkeys. Other markets have all sorts of endangered animals for sale, including orangutans. The poachers kill the mothers and take the babies to sell.



The below video is humorous, but also kind of sad. Colorful chicks..

2 comments:

  1. The monkeys made me sad. But the chicks made me happy. Pros and cons of active blog-following..

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  2. Why would the poachers sell them? What is their purpose? Do people want these animals as pets? Are they delicious? Status symbol?

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