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13 Jan 2012

Pangolin Ads Removed from Chinese eCommerce Website 0

2012/01/13 Rhishja Cota Asian pangolins, China, Illegal wildlife trade, Pangolins, Traditional Chinese Medicine

An update to our previous article about pangolin scales and flesh for sale online.

Good news: As a result of our recent story about pangolin products being sold on China’s top eCommerce website, Alibaba, we were contacted by a representative of the company who informed us that the pangolin pages have now been removed from the site.

10 Jan 2012

Pangolin and Other Endangered Species Products Openly for Sale on Major eCommerce Website 0

2012/01/10 Sarah Pappin African pangolins, Asian pangolins, China, Illegal wildlife trade, Pangolins, Southeast Asia, Traditional Chinese Medicine

01/13/2012: Check out the update on this story here.

Despite pledges to clamp down on unethical trade in wildlife products, pangolin flesh and scales are offered for sale on a well-known website.

As of this writing, the above could be found here: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/499471942/Pangolin_Scales.html

A search for the term “pangolin” on a major eCommerce website yields some shocking and appalling results: The endangered animals’ flesh and scales are openly listed for sale.

And if that’s not shocking enough, who owns the website may be even more disturbing. Read more