Four birds were reportedly seized on Thursday from a British man in Berangbang village, Jembrana (West Bali).
The British man in question, David John George Camplin, had been living in Bali with his Indonesian wife, reports the Asia One network.
Two of the birds were rangkong (hornbills) and the other two were king cockatoos, according to head of the Jembrana Police’s general crime unit, Adj. Comr. Gusti Made Sudarma Putra.
There were three more protected birds, but Camplin did have the paperwork on those.
“He has a license for raising three protected birds, but there is no license for the four birds,” Sudarma said.
Camplin claims to have purchased the birds from an animal market in Jembrana.
“If found guilty, he could be sentenced to a maximum of one year in prison,” Sudarma said.
Camplin will not have to wait in jail to be processed, according to Sudarma. Guess that means he can spend more quality time with his birds that did have the proper licensing!
