{"id":457073,"date":"2022-06-03T09:55:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T06:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/in-bali-bird-sellers-help-endangered-mynah-make-a-comeback\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T09:55:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T06:55:18","slug":"in-bali-bird-sellers-help-endangered-mynah-make-a-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/in-bali-bird-sellers-help-endangered-mynah-make-a-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"#In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a44455866f11\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a44455866f11\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/in-bali-bird-sellers-help-endangered-mynah-make-a-comeback\/#%E2%80%9CIn_Bali_bird_sellers_help_endangered_mynah_make_a_comeback%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CIn_Bali_bird_sellers_help_endangered_mynah_make_a_comeback%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A Bali mynah flies over the trees in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 17, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h.jpg\" alt=\"In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback\" title=\"A Bali mynah flies over the trees in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 17, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                A Bali mynah flies over the trees in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 17, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tossing flowing crests back and forth, three snow-white Bali mynahs share a branch, squawking and looking around with the trademark blue patches around their eyes catching sunlight. Minutes later, four more join\u2014a sight that would have been impossible in the wild two decades ago.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>But by working with bird breeders and sellers\u2014the very group that contributed to the prized birds becoming critically endangered\u2014conservationists are releasing them in Bali province, hoping to boost the wild population.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say more research and monitoring is needed, but the conservation model has shown promise over the past 10 years and could be replicated for other vulnerable birds in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>Endemic to Bali, the Bali mynah has been a highly sought collector&#8217;s item in the international cage bird trade for more than a century due to their striking white plumage and song. Capture of the birds for sale coupled with habitat loss from land conversion to farming and settlements led to the bird being listed as &#8220;threatened&#8221; by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 1988 and upgraded to &#8220;critically endangered&#8221; in 1994. By 2001 experts estimated only about six Bali mynahs were living in the wild, with thousands in captivity across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing Indonesia&#8217;s deeply engrained bird breeder culture and the dire need for Bali mynah conservation, the nongovernmental organization now called BirdLife International paired with the government to launch a captive breeding program in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A volunteer holds a Bali mynah before releasing it into the wild in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-1.jpg\" alt=\"In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback\" title=\"A volunteer holds a Bali mynah before releasing it into the wild in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                A volunteer holds a Bali mynah before releasing it into the wild in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Breeders are able to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly for licenses to breed the birds. If approved, they&#8217;re given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The conservation method is compatible with Indonesian culture, where it&#8217;s common to have cage birds and people rely on the bird trade for their income, said Tom Squires, a Ph.D. candidate at Manchester Metropolitan University studying Bali mynah ecology and other threatened birds in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The national park began to understand that and &#8230; create the conditions where you could have a wild population that still thrives,&#8221; said Squires. &#8220;Bird keepers can still keep birds and follow their hobby without causing real problems for wild populations\u2014which is, I think, a lot better than species going extinct in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-2.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Wild Bali mynahs perch on a tree in West Bali National Park in Buleleng, Bali, Indonesia on April 14, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-2.jpg\" alt=\"In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback\" title=\"Wild Bali mynahs perch on a tree in West Bali National Park in Buleleng, Bali, Indonesia on April 14, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Wild Bali mynahs perch on a tree in West Bali National Park in Buleleng, Bali, Indonesia on April 14, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Early mynah releases were plagued with issues: some birds were infected with a parasite that caused high fledgling mortality, others were killed by natural predators. Poaching also continued\u2014and the national park&#8217;s captive breeding facility was even robbed at gunpoint, with nearly 40 birds stolen.<\/p>\n<p>Yet conservation efforts in the last decade have seen greater success through increased monitoring of the birds, stronger census data and more research, said Squires.<\/p>\n<p>Agus Ngurah Krisna Kepakisan, the head of the West Bali National Park, also attributes the success of the breeding program to the creation and proliferation of &#8220;buffer villages&#8221; around the park. Villagers get assistance in obtaining permits to breed Bali mynahs there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the community being the breeders &#8230; they are helping us to take care of the birds that exist in nature,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There are also those who used to often look for and take Bali mynah from nature.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-3.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"I Gede Nyoman Bayu Wirayudha, left, the founder the Friends of the National Parks Foundation along with local officials watch a Bali mynah flies upon its release into the wild in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-3.jpg\" alt=\"In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback\" title=\"I Gede Nyoman Bayu Wirayudha, left, the founder the Friends of the National Parks Foundation along with local officials watch a Bali mynah flies upon its release into the wild in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                I Gede Nyoman Bayu Wirayudha, left, the founder the Friends of the National Parks Foundation along with local officials watch a Bali mynah flies upon its release into the wild in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Squires said there&#8217;s definitive evidence some released birds have produced offspring. &#8220;So that leads me to believe that the population is is certainly self-sustaining to an extent,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The breeding program&#8217;s strides are visible throughout the park, where Kepakisan says 420 Bali mynahs now live and hop around in trees, pop their heads out of bird boxes and squawk at tourists passing beneath them.<\/p>\n<p>Conservation efforts have spread to Tabanan Regency\u2014a three-hour drive from the park\u2014where mynahs fly over lush rice fields framed by mountains and forest.<\/p>\n<p>The area is a recent release site for Friends of the National Parks Foundation, an Indonesia-based non-profit that works with donors and breeders to purchase, rehabilitate and release the birds.<\/p>\n<p>Veterinarian I Gede Nyoman Bayu Wirayudha, who founded the organization and has worked in Bali mynah conservation for years, said its conservation efforts focus in part on grassroots community investment in the birds&#8217; welfare.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"article-gallery js-article-gallery\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-4.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A volunteer of Friends of the National Parks Foundation carries Bali mynahs in a cage prior to releasing them into the wild in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-4.jpg\" alt=\"In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A volunteer of Friends of the National Parks Foundation carries Bali mynahs in a cage prior to releasing them into the wild in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-5.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A volunteer and a staff of the Friends of the National Parks Foundation catches a Bali mynah to be released into the wild in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-5.jpg\" alt=\"In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A volunteer and a staff of the Friends of the National Parks Foundation catches a Bali mynah to be released into the wild in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-6.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-6.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A breeder holds a newly-hatched Bali mynah to be fed at a breeding facility in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Capture of the highly sought collector's item in the international cage bird trade for more than a century coupled with habitat loss led to the bird being listed as &amp;quot;critically endangered&amp;quot; in 1994. By 2001 only a few Bali mynahs were living in the wild with thousands in captivity across the globe, but, a conservation program over the past 10 years has seen success with population now estimated to be more than 400 throughout West Bali National Park. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-6.jpg\" alt=\"In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A breeder holds a newly-hatched Bali mynah to be fed at a breeding facility in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Capture of the highly sought collector&#8217;s item in the international cage bird trade for more than a century coupled with habitat loss led to the bird being listed as &#8220;critically endangered&#8221; in 1994. By 2001 only a few Bali mynahs were living in the wild with thousands in captivity across the globe, but, a conservation program over the past 10 years has seen success with population now estimated to be more than 400 throughout West Bali National Park. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-7.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-7.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A Hindu priestess greets volunteers and staff of the Friends of the National Parks Foundation as they prepare to release Bali mynahs into the wild in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-7.jpg\" alt=\"In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A Hindu priestess greets volunteers and staff of the Friends of the National Parks Foundation as they prepare to release Bali mynahs into the wild in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered bird back from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-7.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-7.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A newly-hatched Bali mynah is seen at a breeding facility in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Capture of the highly sought collector's item in the international cage bird trade for more than a century coupled with habitat loss led to the bird being listed as &amp;quot;critically endangered&amp;quot; in 1994. By 2001 only a few Bali mynahs were living in the wild with thousands in captivity across the globe, but, a conservation program over the past 10 years has seen success with population now estimated to be more than 400 throughout West Bali National Park. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-7.jpg\" alt=\"In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A newly-hatched Bali mynah is seen at a breeding facility in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Capture of the highly sought collector&#8217;s item in the international cage bird trade for more than a century coupled with habitat loss led to the bird being listed as &#8220;critically endangered&#8221; in 1994. By 2001 only a few Bali mynahs were living in the wild with thousands in captivity across the globe, but, a conservation program over the past 10 years has seen success with population now estimated to be more than 400 throughout West Bali National Park. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-8.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-8.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A breeder holds a newly-hatched Bali mynah to be fed at a breeding facility in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Capture of the highly sought collector's item in the international cage bird trade for more than a century coupled with habitat loss led to the bird being listed as &amp;quot;critically endangered&amp;quot; in 1994. By 2001 only a few Bali mynahs were living in the wild with thousands in captivity across the globe, but, a conservation program over the past 10 years has seen success with population now estimated to be more than 400 throughout West Bali National Park. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-8.jpg\" alt=\"In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A breeder holds a newly-hatched Bali mynah to be fed at a breeding facility in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Capture of the highly sought collector&#8217;s item in the international cage bird trade for more than a century coupled with habitat loss led to the bird being listed as &#8220;critically endangered&#8221; in 1994. By 2001 only a few Bali mynahs were living in the wild with thousands in captivity across the globe, but, a conservation program over the past 10 years has seen success with population now estimated to be more than 400 throughout West Bali National Park. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-9.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-9.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A breeder inspect a newly-hatched Bali mynahs inside an incubator at a breeding facility in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Capture of the highly sought collector's item in the international cage bird trade for more than a century coupled with habitat loss led to the bird being listed as &amp;quot;critically endangered&amp;quot; in 1994. By 2001 only a few Bali mynahs were living in the wild with thousands in captivity across the globe, but, a conservation program over the past 10 years has seen success with population now estimated to be more than 400 throughout West Bali National Park. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-9.jpg\" alt=\"In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A breeder inspect a newly-hatched Bali mynahs inside an incubator at a breeding facility in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Capture of the highly sought collector&#8217;s item in the international cage bird trade for more than a century coupled with habitat loss led to the bird being listed as &#8220;critically endangered&#8221; in 1994. By 2001 only a few Bali mynahs were living in the wild with thousands in captivity across the globe, but, a conservation program over the past 10 years has seen success with population now estimated to be more than 400 throughout West Bali National Park. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-10.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-10.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"People watch and take photos as a Bali mynah is released into the wild in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Capture of the highly sought collector's item in the international cage bird trade for more than a century coupled with habitat loss led to the bird being listed as &amp;quot;critically endangered&amp;quot; in 1994. By 2001 only a few Bali mynahs were living in the wild with thousands in captivity across the globe, but, a conservation program over the past 10 years has seen success with population now estimated to be more than 400 throughout West Bali National Park. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-10.jpg\" alt=\"In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    People watch and take photos as a Bali mynah is released into the wild in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Capture of the highly sought collector&#8217;s item in the international cage bird trade for more than a century coupled with habitat loss led to the bird being listed as &#8220;critically endangered&#8221; in 1994. By 2001 only a few Bali mynahs were living in the wild with thousands in captivity across the globe, but, a conservation program over the past 10 years has seen success with population now estimated to be more than 400 throughout West Bali National Park. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-11.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-11.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A Bali mynah prepared to be released into the wild flies inside an enclosure in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 17, 2022. Capture of the highly sought collector's item in the international cage bird trade for more than a century coupled with habitat loss led to the bird being listed as &amp;quot;critically endangered&amp;quot; in 1994. By 2001 only a few Bali mynahs were living in the wild with thousands in captivity across the globe, but, a conservation program over the past 10 years has seen success with population now estimated to be more than 400 throughout West Bali National Park. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-11.jpg\" alt=\"In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A Bali mynah prepared to be released into the wild flies inside an enclosure in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 17, 2022. Capture of the highly sought collector&#8217;s item in the international cage bird trade for more than a century coupled with habitat loss led to the bird being listed as &#8220;critically endangered&#8221; in 1994. By 2001 only a few Bali mynahs were living in the wild with thousands in captivity across the globe, but, a conservation program over the past 10 years has seen success with population now estimated to be more than 400 throughout West Bali National Park. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-12.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-12.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A couple of Bali mynahs as seen inside a breeding cage in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Capture of the highly sought collector's item in the international cage bird trade for more than a century coupled with habitat loss led to the bird being listed as &amp;quot;critically endangered&amp;quot; in 1994. By 2001 only a few Bali mynahs were living in the wild with thousands in captivity across the globe, but, a conservation program over the past 10 years has seen success with population now estimated to be more than 400 throughout West Bali National Park. Writing on the cage read 'hatched'. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-12.jpg\" alt=\"In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A couple of Bali mynahs as seen inside a breeding cage in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 19, 2022. Capture of the highly sought collector&#8217;s item in the international cage bird trade for more than a century coupled with habitat loss led to the bird being listed as &#8220;critically endangered&#8221; in 1994. By 2001 only a few Bali mynahs were living in the wild with thousands in captivity across the globe, but, a conservation program over the past 10 years has seen success with population now estimated to be more than 400 throughout West Bali National Park. Writing on the cage read &#8216;hatched&#8217;. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-13.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-13.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A Bali mynah prepared to be released into the wild perch on three branches inside an enclosure in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 17, 2022. Capture of the highly sought collector's item in the international cage bird trade for more than a century coupled with habitat loss led to the bird being listed as &amp;quot;critically endangered&amp;quot; in 1994. By 2001 only a few Bali mynahs were living in the wild with thousands in captivity across the globe, but, a conservation program over the past 10 years has seen success with population now estimated to be more than 400 throughout West Bali National Park. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-13.jpg\" alt=\"In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A Bali mynah prepared to be released into the wild perch on three branches inside an enclosure in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia on April 17, 2022. Capture of the highly sought collector&#8217;s item in the international cage bird trade for more than a century coupled with habitat loss led to the bird being listed as &#8220;critically endangered&#8221; in 1994. By 2001 only a few Bali mynahs were living in the wild with thousands in captivity across the globe, but, a conservation program over the past 10 years has seen success with population now estimated to be more than 400 throughout West Bali National Park. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-14.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-14.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A man walks past a sign prohibiting wildlife hunting in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia, on April 18, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered Bali mynah, a bird endemic to the resort island, from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/in-bali-bird-sellers-h-14.jpg\" alt=\"In Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A man walks past a sign prohibiting wildlife hunting in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia, on April 18, 2022. Conservationists are working to bring the critically endangered Bali mynah, a bird endemic to the resort island, from the brink of extinction with help from unlikely allies: bird breeders and tradesmen in Indonesia. Licensed breeders are given mynahs by the government and are allowed to keep 90% of the offspring for private sale. The remaining birds are rehabilitated and released at West Bali National Park, where they can be monitored by park authorities. Credit: AP Photo\/Tatan Syuflana<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Traditionally, communities around conservation areas have thought there&#8217;s no money to be made from them, he said. But Wirayudha believes the rare birds&#8217; presence will help draw tourists, which will provide additional tourism income to the region as it has in other parts of Bali province where mynahs have been released.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You need to give something back to the community so they can feel that conservation gives them benefits,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Community outreach seems to be working. At the organization&#8217;s April release of mynahs, groups of students, police, military and neighboring villagers eagerly watched as the mynahs made their first flight into the wild.<\/p>\n<p>Squires, the researcher, says the conservation model could be applied to other vulnerable or endangered birds in Indonesia such as the black-winged mynah. &#8220;For any of the lowland birds affected by the caged bird trade &#8230; this is the sort of approach that&#8217;s going to be needed,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Indonesia urged to take stern action on illegal bird trade\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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