Wildlife for Sale Online
Monday, November 20, 2017
ON Monday two weeks ago, on the side of Jalan Asia Afrika in Central Jakarta, a cardboard box changed hands from an online motorcycle taxi driver to Nurul Alfiyah, 25. Through a small opening at the top of the box, one could spot a small creature with brown feathers and sad eyes: a Javan slow loris.
While traveling about 20 kilometers in one hour on the motorcycle taxi, the nocturnal creature kept its head between its knees. "It was picked up in
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