Nation & World News
Endangered cockatoos found stuffed in plastic bottles
In this photograph taken on May 4, 2015 shows rare Indonesian yellow-crested cockatoos placed inside water bottles confiscated from alleged wildlife smuggler. A 37 year old man was arrested after he alighted a passenger ship in Tanjung Perak port in Surabaya, in eastern Java island. Police found 21 yellow-crested cockatoos and one green parrot. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
- Study: Beards are filled with bacteria and 'as dirty as toilets'
- 'The Price is Right' criticized for offering woman in wheelchair a treadmill
- Woman who kissed mystery man at Boston Marathon hears from his wife
- Police: Mother throws baby into river, jumps from bridge
- 5 things to know about Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana's name
Customs officials discovered more than 20 cockatoos stuffed into plastic bottles at a port in Indonesia.
According to CNN, it is not the first time that smuggled animals have been found at the port.
Officials freed the birds from the bottles, but many were weak and several later died.
Cockatoos were classified as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 2007.
CNN reports that wildlife smuggling is big business in Indonesia, and the water bottle method is commonly used to smuggle birds.
