Pangolin (aka Manis) are a scaly anteater found in Asia and Africa and are illegally poached, both for its scales and bush meat. It’s the most illegally trafficked non-human mammal in the world and conservation efforts look to interrupt that transport. In just a week in April 2019, Singapore seized a 14.2-ton shipment and a 14-ton shipment from Nigeria of pangolin scales (worth 72,000 pangolins).
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