![]() ![]() “So African pangolin species are now being targeted to feed the demand in Asia … It’s really the illegal trade in scales that’s threatening the species the most.” “What’s happening, basically, is that the four Asian species have been all but decimated because of the trade,” Ullman said. But none of this has been clinically proven.” Mike Guillen/NY PostĪccording to the ASEAN Post, “Sunda pangolins in Indonesia are at risk of extinction has already lost up to 10,000 a year to illegal trade.”ĭue to demand from China and Vietnam, pangolins in South East Asia are almost extinct. It’s used as an ingredient in traditional Asian medicines … They’re used to help mothers for lactation, and for blood pressure. ![]() “The Pangolin burrow and create holes, so associated with circulation. “It’s because of this scale, this unique feature them a target,” said Tessa Ullman, a volunteer at the Sangha Pangolin Project, a preservation society. In all, it is estimated that more than 100,000 pangolins, mostly from Africa, were killed by traffickers last year - compared to 200 rhinos and 1,000 tigers. In December, scales from some 50,000 African pangolins were seized by Chinese authorities. In April 2019, Singapore seized a world record 25.6 tons of pangolin scales, worth $76.5 million, from an estimated 38,000 of the creatures. And thanks to poachers, the pangolin is the most trafficked animal on earth. In the rainforests of the Congo, Cameroon and Central African Republic (CAR) lives an elusive mammal that looks like a cross between an anteater, an armadillo and a pinecone. ![]()
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