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Wildlife traffickers target Indonesia's endangered maleo birds
Original: Wildlife traffickers are now targeting Indonesia’s critically endangered maleo birds
Traffickers are now targeting the maleo, a critically endangered bird endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia, adding a new threat to a species already devastated by habitat loss and egg harvesting. Environmental news outlet Mongabay reports the shift, raising concern among conservationists that organised trade could push the distinctive ground-nesting bird closer to extinction.
Why now: New reporting highlights an emerging trafficking threat to a critically endangered species, alarming conservationists.
maleo birdIndonesiaSulawesiMongabay
Evidence
- Wildlife traffickers are now targeting Indonesia’s critically endangered maleo birds · Mongabay News
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