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'Bird motels' boom sparks protests
Published:  Aug 6, 2009 10:56 AM
Updated: 5:54 AM

Thousands of bird 'motels' have opened across Malaysia to lure the swiftlets whose nests are harvested to make bird's nest soup, a costly delicacy in Chinese cuisine.

But as the business booms and flocks of swiftlets - who make the nests out of their saliva - descend on towns and villages, the noisy, messy practice has triggered a wave of protest.


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