Pangolins are being eaten to extinction.
Pangolin populations are rapidly declining in Southeast Asia, due to the use of their flesh, skin, and scales for traditional Chinese medicine. Even pangolin fetuses are consumed.
Between 2000 and 2009, at least 30,000 pangolins were seized from wildlife smugglers.
Check out this video from the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC to learn more (please note this video contains graphic images):
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Author: Rhishja Larson. Learn more about Rhishja here.
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