Prosecuting wildlife criminals still daunting challenge to gov’t

(Last of three parts) MANILA, Philippines --- An unassuming house with high walls in Pasay City has been a longtime target of environmental law enforcers. Last year, a raid that followed an entrapment operation revealed the house's secrets: hundreds of birds, from black palm cockatoos and rainbow lories to young emus and even a baby ostrich, in cages that lined the walls, and, in other enclosures, more than 100 sugar gliders, small marsupials similar to flying squirrels, and two small wallabies, members of the kangaroo family. Most of the animals were believed to have been smuggled from Indonesia through Mindanao. They were collectively valued at P10 million and were reporte...

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