Australian officials gain not visited the centre where hundreds of scarce and endangered birds were sentThe federal environment department does not know if hundreds of scarce and endangered Australian birds exported to a German organisation headed by a convicted kidnapper and extortionist are still at the group’s facility in Brandenburg.
Department officials told Senate estimates on Monday night their wildlife compliance unit was investigating after Guardian Australia reported the government had been warned birds sent to the Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots (ACTP) could be sold to collectors at a huge profit. Related: ‘A valid zoo?’ How an obscure German group cornered global trade in endangered parrots Related: 'Beggars belief': more endangered parrots exported from Australia Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com