"8 September 2023"

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8 September 2025

A bird for sale is kept in a cage at the bird market in Malang, East Java Province, Indonesia, on September 8, 2025. Reports from TRAFFIC in October 2024 reveal that quarantine authorities in Lampung, Indonesia, seize an astonishing 6,514 birds from a single truck. This is believed to be the country's largest seizure of illegal bird shipments from one vehicle. The birds are on their way from Sumatra to Java, the hub of the songbird trade. From 2021 to 2023, over 120,000 Sumatran songbirds are confiscated. Common species involved in these seizures include the Bar-winged Prinia, tailorbirds, white-eyes, and critically endangered species like the Javan green magpie.

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8 September 2025

A bird for sale is kept in a cage at the bird market in Malang, East Java Province, Indonesia, on September 8, 2025. Reports from TRAFFIC in October 2024 reveal that quarantine authorities in Lampung, Indonesia, seize an astonishing 6,514 birds from a single truck. This is believed to be the country's largest seizure of illegal bird shipments from one vehicle. The birds are on their way from Sumatra to Java, the hub of the songbird trade. From 2021 to 2023, over 120,000 Sumatran songbirds are confiscated. Common species involved in these seizures include the Bar-winged Prinia, tailorbirds, white-eyes, and critically endangered species like the Javan green magpie.

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8 September 2025

A bird for sale is kept in a cage at the bird market in Malang, East Java Province, Indonesia, on September 8, 2025. Reports from TRAFFIC in October 2024 reveal that quarantine authorities in Lampung, Indonesia, seize an astonishing 6,514 birds from a single truck. This is believed to be the country's largest seizure of illegal bird shipments from one vehicle. The birds are on their way from Sumatra to Java, the hub of the songbird trade. From 2021 to 2023, over 120,000 Sumatran songbirds are confiscated. Common species involved in these seizures include the Bar-winged Prinia, tailorbirds, white-eyes, and critically endangered species like the Javan green magpie.

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8 September 2025

A bird for sale is kept in a cage at the bird market in Malang, East Java Province, Indonesia, on September 8, 2025. Reports from TRAFFIC in October 2024 reveal that quarantine authorities in Lampung, Indonesia, seize an astonishing 6,514 birds from a single truck. This is believed to be the country's largest seizure of illegal bird shipments from one vehicle. The birds are on their way from Sumatra to Java, the hub of the songbird trade. From 2021 to 2023, over 120,000 Sumatran songbirds are confiscated. Common species involved in these seizures include the Bar-winged Prinia, tailorbirds, white-eyes, and critically endangered species like the Javan green magpie.

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8 September 2025

A bird for sale is kept in a cage at the bird market in Malang, East Java Province, Indonesia, on September 8, 2025. Reports from TRAFFIC in October 2024 reveal that quarantine authorities in Lampung, Indonesia, seize an astonishing 6,514 birds from a single truck. This is believed to be the country's largest seizure of illegal bird shipments from one vehicle. The birds are on their way from Sumatra to Java, the hub of the songbird trade. From 2021 to 2023, over 120,000 Sumatran songbirds are confiscated. Common species involved in these seizures include the Bar-winged Prinia, tailorbirds, white-eyes, and critically endangered species like the Javan green magpie.

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8 September 2025

A bird for sale is kept in a cage at the bird market in Malang, East Java Province, Indonesia, on September 8, 2025. Reports from TRAFFIC in October 2024 reveal that quarantine authorities in Lampung, Indonesia, seize an astonishing 6,514 birds from a single truck. This is believed to be the country's largest seizure of illegal bird shipments from one vehicle. The birds are on their way from Sumatra to Java, the hub of the songbird trade. From 2021 to 2023, over 120,000 Sumatran songbirds are confiscated. Common species involved in these seizures include the Bar-winged Prinia, tailorbirds, white-eyes, and critically endangered species like the Javan green magpie.

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8 September 2025

People watch birds in cages at the bird market in Malang, East Java Province, Indonesia, on September 8, 2025. Reports from TRAFFIC in October 2024 reveal that quarantine authorities in Lampung, Indonesia, seize an astonishing 6,514 birds from a single truck. This is believed to be the country's largest seizure of illegal bird shipments from one vehicle. The birds are on their way from Sumatra to Java, the hub of the songbird trade. From 2021 to 2023, over 120,000 Sumatran songbirds are confiscated. Common species involved in these seizures include the Bar-winged Prinia, tailorbirds, white-eyes, and critically endangered species like the Javan green magpie.

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8 September 2025

A bird seller waits for a customer beside a cage at the bird market in Malang, East Java Province, Indonesia, on September 8, 2025. Reports from TRAFFIC in October 2024 reveal that quarantine authorities in Lampung, Indonesia, seize an astonishing 6,514 birds from a single truck. This is believed to be the country's largest seizure of illegal bird shipments from one vehicle. The birds are on their way from Sumatra to Java, the hub of the songbird trade. From 2021 to 2023, over 120,000 Sumatran songbirds are confiscated. Common species involved in these seizures include the Bar-winged Prinia, tailorbirds, white-eyes, and critically endangered species like the Javan green magpie. An expert in July 2025 describes them as ''one of the largest wildlife markets in Southeast Asia,'' which houses legally and illegally traded animals from various countries. The demand isn't just for pets but also for status symbols and participation in lucrative songbird competitions. Champion birds can fetch exceptionally high prices, creating a strong economic incentive for trapping and trading.

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8 September 2025

A bird seller waits for a customer beside a cage at the bird market in Malang, East Java Province, Indonesia, on September 8, 2025. Reports from TRAFFIC in October 2024 reveal that quarantine authorities in Lampung, Indonesia, seize an astonishing 6,514 birds from a single truck. This is believed to be the country's largest seizure of illegal bird shipments from one vehicle. The birds are on their way from Sumatra to Java, the hub of the songbird trade. From 2021 to 2023, over 120,000 Sumatran songbirds are confiscated. Common species involved in these seizures include the Bar-winged Prinia, tailorbirds, white-eyes, and critically endangered species like the Javan green magpie. An expert in July 2025 describes them as ''one of the largest wildlife markets in Southeast Asia,'' which houses legally and illegally traded animals from various countries. The demand isn't just for pets but also for status symbols and participation in lucrative songbird competitions. Champion birds can fetch exceptionally high prices, creating a strong economic incentive for trapping and trading.

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25 April 2025

A marked emergency vehicle for the Chief Emergency Doctor (Leitender Notarzt) from Erlangen University Hospital parks outside a medical building in Erlangen, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, on September 8, 2023. The vehicle belongs to the anesthesiology department and operates in coordination with the Bavarian Red Cross district association Erlangen-Hochstadt.

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25 April 2025

An emergency medical vehicle marked ''Notfallarzt Unfallchirurgie'' (Emergency Doctor - Trauma Surgery) from Erlangen University Hospital parks near the clinical buildings in Erlangen, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, on September 8, 2023. The vehicle is equipped for the rapid deployment of physicians from the trauma surgery department.

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8 March 2025

Government and contracted teachers and faculty of Nepal's secondary level educational institutions rally in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 8, 2025, demanding the endorsement of the School Education Bill. The Nepal Teachers' Federation, an elected body of the country's school teachers, stages a series of protests to pressure the government and parties to endorse the School Education Bill from the winter session. Before descending to Kathmandu for agitation, the teachers first stage protests at the local and provincial levels while also continuing to lobby at the political and bureaucratic levels. Right after the government introduces the bill in the federal parliament in September 2023, the federation stages a Kathmandu-centric agitation objecting to different provisions in the bill. Thousands of teachers stage protests in Kathmandu, disrupting life in the capital city and forcing the government into a dialogue. They withdraw the protest after sealing a six-point deal with the government, which promises to address their demands by revising the bill.

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8 March 2025

Government and contracted teachers and faculty of Nepal's secondary level educational institutions rally in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 8, 2025, demanding the endorsement of the School Education Bill. The Nepal Teachers' Federation, an elected body of the country's school teachers, stages a series of protests to pressure the government and parties to endorse the School Education Bill from the winter session. Before descending to Kathmandu for agitation, the teachers first stage protests at the local and provincial levels while also continuing to lobby at the political and bureaucratic levels. Right after the government introduces the bill in the federal parliament in September 2023, the federation stages a Kathmandu-centric agitation objecting to different provisions in the bill. Thousands of teachers stage protests in Kathmandu, disrupting life in the capital city and forcing the government into a dialogue. They withdraw the protest after sealing a six-point deal with the government, which promises to address their demands by revising the bill.

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8 March 2025

Government and contracted teachers and faculty of Nepal's secondary level educational institutions rally in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 8, 2025, demanding the endorsement of the School Education Bill. The Nepal Teachers' Federation, an elected body of the country's school teachers, stages a series of protests to pressure the government and parties to endorse the School Education Bill from the winter session. Before descending to Kathmandu for agitation, the teachers first stage protests at the local and provincial levels while also continuing to lobby at the political and bureaucratic levels. Right after the government introduces the bill in the federal parliament in September 2023, the federation stages a Kathmandu-centric agitation objecting to different provisions in the bill. Thousands of teachers stage protests in Kathmandu, disrupting life in the capital city and forcing the government into a dialogue. They withdraw the protest after sealing a six-point deal with the government, which promises to address their demands by revising the bill.

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8 March 2025

Government and contracted teachers and faculty of Nepal's secondary level educational institutions rally in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 8, 2025, demanding the endorsement of the School Education Bill. The Nepal Teachers' Federation, an elected body of the country's school teachers, stages a series of protests to pressure the government and parties to endorse the School Education Bill from the winter session. Before descending to Kathmandu for agitation, the teachers first stage protests at the local and provincial levels while also continuing to lobby at the political and bureaucratic levels. Right after the government introduces the bill in the federal parliament in September 2023, the federation stages a Kathmandu-centric agitation objecting to different provisions in the bill. Thousands of teachers stage protests in Kathmandu, disrupting life in the capital city and forcing the government into a dialogue. They withdraw the protest after sealing a six-point deal with the government, which promises to address their demands by revising the bill.

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8 March 2025

Government and contracted teachers and faculty of Nepal's secondary level educational institutions rally in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 8, 2025, demanding the endorsement of the School Education Bill. The Nepal Teachers' Federation, an elected body of the country's school teachers, stages a series of protests to pressure the government and parties to endorse the School Education Bill from the winter session. Before descending to Kathmandu for agitation, the teachers first stage protests at the local and provincial levels while also continuing to lobby at the political and bureaucratic levels. Right after the government introduces the bill in the federal parliament in September 2023, the federation stages a Kathmandu-centric agitation objecting to different provisions in the bill. Thousands of teachers stage protests in Kathmandu, disrupting life in the capital city and forcing the government into a dialogue. They withdraw the protest after sealing a six-point deal with the government, which promises to address their demands by revising the bill.

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