By Dr Chris R. Shepherd | Executive Director
Two Sulawesi Hornbills and two Visayan Hornbills confiscated at India's Mumbai Airport
The threatened hornbills, endemic species to Indonesia and the Philippines respectively, were found hidden in the luggage of two passengers arriving on an Air India flight arriving from Bangkok, Thailand.
The traffickers were arrested, with investigations ongoing. The birds have since been sent back to Bangkok, although neither species is native to Thailand. Monitor strongly recommends that these birds will be repatriated to their countries of origin.
Hornbills, and other threatened species, including primates, birds-of-paradise and many more, are increasingly trafficked into India from Southeast Asia and other parts of the world. There have been a rising number of cases of such incidents, and likely more have potentially slipped past the authorities undetected.
Monitor continues to collect and analyse hornbill trafficking and seizure data, providing the information to enforcement agencies and conservation organisations in order to encourage stronger enforcement action and to guide immediate and future conservation efforts.
Your support for Monitor’s work is essential to our efforts to counter hornbill trafficking and to ensure hornbills thrive in the wild.
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