India seizes endangered primates found in checked bag

MUMBAI: Indian customs officers have arrested a plane passenger after discovering two endangered gibbons stuffed inside a checked bag, the latest animals seized from smugglers at Mumbai’s airport. One of the tiny apes from Indonesia was dead, while the other, in a video shared by Indian Customs, was seen cradled in the arms of an officer, softly hooting before covering its face with its arm. Customs said the passenger, who had traveled from Malaysia via Thailand, was given the rare apes by a wildlife trafficking “syndicate” for delivery in India.

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