{
  "id": 18496207,
  "title": "Man fined R500,000 after trying to smuggle 50 protected parrot eggs out of SA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/man-fined-r500-000-after-trying-to-smuggle-50-protected-parrot-eggs",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T11:38:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-11-06-man-fined-r500000-after-trying-to-smuggle-50-protected-parrot-eggs-out-of-sa/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A parrot egg smuggler caught attempting to traffic 50 protected eggs through OR Tambo International Airport has been convicted and handed a R500,000 fine or five years’ imprisonment, suspended for five years, as authorities pursue a wider international wildlife trafficking network.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}