Indonesian smugglers stuff yellow-crested cockatoos into plastic bottles to get past customs

Indonesian smugglers crammed over two dozen yellow-crested cockatoos into empty plastic bottles so they could get through customs at Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya. These birds belong to the endangered species and the authorities apprehended them and set them free.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 4 May 2015.

The birds were meant for illegal trade and, the Indonesian Police discovered the birds. They can fetch as much as £650 each. The birds were set free for medical attention.
These yellow-crested cockatoo is listed as a critically endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 2007. The population of these birds is low due to deforestation and poaching and, as per recent studies, there are less than 7,000 of them remaining.
Yellow-crested cockatoos breed very slowly and lay eggs only once a year and can range in size from 12 inch to about 27inch in length. The color of the body is white but they sport a beautiful yellow crest.
Incidentally, trade in birds like parrots, including Lories and Cockatoos, is a lucrative business and every year, around 10,000 of them are caught from the wild in North Halmahera, Indonesia, and supplied to the domestic markets and the international illegal wildlife trade.

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