Dozens of endangered cockatoos found crammed into plastic bottles
Source: CNN
Euan McKirdy
(CNN) At least 21 cockatoos have been discovered stuffed into 1,500 ml plastic water bottles at an Indonesian port during an anti-smuggling operation.
The cockatoos, which are described as critically endangered, were cut free of their plastic confines by Indonesian customs officials at Tanjung Perak port in Surabaya, Indonesia, after they spotted the consignment of illegally-trafficked birds.
Harbor police caught a passenger disembarking with two birds packed in jerry cans. Police searched the boat and found 21 more birds, stuffed into water bottles and packed in travel bags.
"The birds were still alive then but some were already very weak," Lily Djafar, spokeswoman for the Tanjung Perak police, told CNN.
FULL story at link. Video below photo is graphic. Not from CNN.
A cockatoo that was successfully secured from illegal wildlife trading is seen inside an empty bottle in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia on May 04, 2015. At least 21 birds were rescued.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/06/asia/indonesia-cockatoo-smuggling/index.html
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They are needy. 
She was a baby in the spring of 2001. 
This year she has been nesting since January. My only job is to supply her with shredable paper towels 
and my food. Her feathers are a mess. 
But she doesn't have any bald spots so I'm thankful for that.
We also have a guest umbrella cockatoo and a live-in lesser sulfur crested cockatoo. Oh, and 24 diamond doves.
Not only is she tearing up paper but she is grinding her beak on the cage bars. The only time she is locked in is when I need to leave the house. A month ago she started talking again but only a few words.
Pookie was a rescue. She loves to bite! We call her the can opener in a feather suit.
We only had two doves in the beginning. Who knew they were gonna reproduce quicker than bunnies.
for money...... disgusting people who did this. May they suffer harsher consequences.
I have a hand raised citron-crested.
How could anybody do such a thing? How the eff could they expect them to survive?!?
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