Pangolins are being eaten out of existence at banquets in China and Vietnam.
DEMAND for the scaly anteater’s meat is matched by demand for their scales for use in Chinese medicine. In an update to the authoritative Red List of Threatened Species, all eight species of the anteater were upgraded to threatened status by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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