Chinese customs seized over three tonnes of pangolin scales, state media said, in the country’s biggest-ever smuggling case involving the animal parts.

Shanghai Customs found around 3.1 tonnes of pangolin scales mixed in with a container of wood products imported from Nigeria, state broadcaster CCTV reported Tuesday. It estimated up to 7,500 of the creatures could have been killed.

The reclusive pangolin has become the most trafficked mammal on Earth due to soaring demand in Asia for their scales for traditional medicine and their flesh, considered a delicacy. Pangolin State media have previously said the scales fetch around 5,000 yuan ($700) per kilogram ($700) on the black market — which would make the seizure worth more than $2 million.

Although the international pangolin trade is illegal in China and they are listed as one of the most-protected wild animals, law enforcement remains weak. Pangolins are also farmed in the country and an online site selling traditional Chinese medicine offers them at 7,000 yuan per kilogram. The scales are nothing more than keratin, the same substance that makes up fingernails.

Yet it has been falsely touted as a cure for multiple ailments, including cancer, among some practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine. Shanghai Customs arrested three suspects who were suspected of smuggling the scales from Africa since 2015, the report said.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/chinese-customs-seize-three-tonnes-pangolin-scales-imported-nigeria/

The only animal I can relate it with is the Idiot... but it has spikes used by ladies to loosen their hair and not scales.

FTC

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Hmmm

I smell lies.

Not surprised






This is Naija.....

naija i hail thee

Hmmmmm

POOR ANIMALS

Nna, please, what is pagolin

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EdoNation:



BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS KIND OF CREATURE IN NAIJA BEFORE OOO

Them dey

just passing by

is that grasscuttter?

Na where den dey see kin animal for nigeria

EdoNation:


BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS KIND OF CREATURE IN NAIJA BEFORE OOO

Same with me oooooo. The chineese should question NatGeo Wild.

Me never see dis creature for naija bhet....

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Pangolin ko,Pangolo ni Wch one be pangolin again

Native to parts of western and central Africa, the long tailed-pangolin has been found as far west and north as Senegal, across the continent to Uganda, and south into Angola. They are found in areas such as the Congo Basin and Guinean forests. A distinct gap in populations has been observed starting in southwest Ghana, with no record of individuals found until west Nigeria.

Long-tailed pangolins are found in moist, tropical riverine and swamp forest environments, but have been observed in altered forests (bush), and agricultural areas of former lowland rain forests. They are almost exclusively arboreal, spending the majority of their time in the canopy region. They prefer to live in the interior part of the forests, avoiding the outermost edges. They are capable swimmers, and are usually found near water.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-tailed_pangolin

From nigeria? And i dnt knw such creature exist

Time to hunt Pangolin, see money $700/per kg. where can it be found, any useful info will be appreciated.

My brothers

I smell lies, dis animal can't be found anywhere in Nigeria!!

alexiej:
Nna, please, what is pagolin

DrDope:
Pangolin ko,Pangolo ni
Wch one be pangolin again

Anteater

The meat of this thing is more delicious than chicken

Why can't this guy's just stop this quick money bullshit?