{
  "id": 16027390,
  "title": "Rare Indonesian maleo birds face new threat from international exotic pet trade",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/rare-indonesian-maleo-birds-face-new-threat-from-international-exotic",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-22T08:59:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/rare-indonesian-maleo-birds-face-new-threat-from-international-exotic-pet-trade/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Wildlife traffickers are increasingly targeting critically endangered maleo birds from coastal Indonesia for the international exotic pet trade, according to a recent study. In 2024, enforcement agencies recorded three separate seizures totaling 25 live juvenile maleo birds (Macrocephalon maleo) en route to or within India. The ground-dwelling, black-and-white birds are endemic to the Indonesian…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}