CURUP (Indonesia) • Hiding in the dense Sumatran jungle, the poacher chose a thin branch, coated it with glue and played a snippet of birdsong on his phone. Within moments, three tiny birds alighted on the branch and were trapped.
Known as ashy tailorbirds, they were destined for the island of Java, where they would spend their lives in a collector's cage.
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