In the recent study, published in Nature, experts from South China Normal University analyzed 390 cases of illegal pangolin scale trade recorded from 2010 to 2023 in China Judgments Online, ...

As one of the world’s largest consumers of pangolin products, primarily in traditional medicine, China’s domestic market plays a critical role in the survival of these gentle creatures.

WASHINGTON— President Biden announced today that he will not immediately embargo products from China despite the country’s failure to halt the illegal wildlife trade threatening highly imperiled ...

And they’ve mainly been heading to China. “In the last decade, there’s been a massive growth in intercontinental trade in pangolins, especially their scales,” says Dan Challender ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced that China’s failure to halt its trade in endangered pangolins diminishes the effectiveness of an international wildlife treaty. Following ...

This has come true in the real world, though not in a good way: pangolins are the most trafficked mammals worldwide. [7] In China, pangolin meat is considered a delicacy and their blood is used as ...

The Chinese pangolin is native to southern China and Southeast Asia. It’s one of the four pangolin species in Asia, with the others found in Africa. They are hunted heavily for their scales and ...

Hong Kong customs has made the year’s biggest seizure so far of endangered pangolins’ scales ... so it could be smuggled into mainland China, a law enforcement source said.

Pangolin meat is considered a delicacy in Vietnam and some parts of China. Demand for pangolin scales and meat has led to rampant poaching that is decimating populations across Asia. In 2017 ...

including Namibia's Temminck's ground pangolin, are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Enditem Follow China.org.cn on Twitter and ...