Hundreds of cages with birds, lizards, bats, and mammals were stacked upon one another, with tens or sometimes even hundreds of specimens crammed into one cage. Several dozen white-eyes (a bird genus) were squeezed into a cage appropriate for one canary. At least a hundred bats were stuffed into another container. In a cage atop this stack, more than fifty green agama dragon lizards, some dead, with their bodies rotting amidst those still alive, were desperately competing on the ceiling of their container for a little of bit space. Two baby civets, on sale for 400,000 Indonesia rupiah each (about USD 40) were shoved into an adjacent box. Like the rest of the unfortunate animals – squirrels, chipmunks, black-naped orioles, drongos, leafbirds, shamas, mynas, partridges, and the highly-prized and highly-threatened lories – the civets had no water and no protection from the full blast of the hot Indonesian sun. Many of the animals would die in this (in)famous Yogyakarta bird market before they were sold to new owners.

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4. Hundreds of cages with birds, lizards, bats, and
mammals were stacked upon one another, with
tens or sometimes even hundreds of specimens
crammed into one cage. Several dozen white-
eyes (a bird genus) were squeezed into a cage
appropriate for one canary. At least a hundred
bats were stuffed into another container.

5. In a cage atop this stack, more than fifty
green agama dragon lizards, some dead, with
their bodies rotting amidst those still alive,
were desperately competing on the ceiling of
their container for a little of bit space. Two
baby civets, on sale for 400,000 Indonesia
rupiah each (about USD 40) were shoved into
an adjacent box.

6. . Like the rest of the unfortunate animals –
squirrels, chipmunks, black-naped orioles, drongos,
leafbirds, shamas, mynas, partridges, and the
highly-prized and highly-threatened lories – the
civets had no water and no protection from the full
blast of the hot Indonesian sun. Many of the
animals would die in this (in)famous Yogyakarta bird
market before they were sold to new owners.

7. Meanwhile, however, the Yogyakarta bird market, like
other wildlife markets in Indonesia and East Asia, serves
as a perfect incubator for diseases that can mutate and
jump among species, such as avian influenza and SARS.
Such zoogenic diseases could potentially set off a
catastrophic pandemic killing millions of people.

8. The spread of the viruses to domestic
animals and people is exacerbated by the
trade in roosters for cock-fights, also on
sale in the market amidst the wild-caught
birds and animals. Even the animals sold
before they die in the hands of their traders
often do not survive as household pets –
typically the fate of species such as
woodpeckers, eagles, and owls.

9. The inhumane treatment of the animals in the many
wildlife markets I visited during my research across
the Indonesian archipelago was as heart-wrenching
as the devastation this unmitigated trade in wild
birds and other animals wreaks upon Indonesia’s
ecosystems. Orange-headed thrushes and white-
crested laughing thrushes, available in cages to
eager buyers, are now exceedingly rare in the
remnants of Indonesia’s forests, for example.

10. To reduce the consternation and criticism of
international tourists, Yogyakarta’s wildlife market
was moved more out of sight – away from its
previous location next the frequently visited old
royal palace. Nevertheless, enterprising Indonesian
young men on motorcycles still bring Western
tourists to the market’s new location

11. . A young German woman, with a Lonely Planet
Indonesia guidebook tucked in her purse, was
eagerly taking photos of the cages, her very short
shorts and tanktop as much an affront to
Indonesia’s cultural sensitivities in this
conservative Muslim city as the appalling
conditions of the traded animals are to
Westerners. An emblematic introduction to the
fusion and confusion of conflicting values in this
modernizing yet tradition-bound country?

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