Indonesia's songbirds need to be saved to sing

By Jewel Topsfield
November 8 2015 - 12:15am
Aa Aa Bird Club co-founder Aris Margono with a white-rumped shama named Raden Hud-Hud NAD, who can mimic the songs of at least 10 other birds.
Aa Aa Bird Club co-founder Aris Margono with a white-rumped shama named Raden Hud-Hud NAD, who can mimic the songs of at least 10 other birds.

The bird in cage 34 is mute. Its owner looks anguished; he is screaming and gesticulating in a desperate bid to get the bird to sing. The crowd is going ballistic. A barricade and a military officer holding a black flag separates the throng from rows of birds suspended in cages.

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