China removes pangolin from traditional medicine list


The pangolin is the world's most heavily trafficked mammal. - AFP

BEIJING (AFP): China has removed pangolin parts from its official list of traditional medicines, state media reported Tuesday (June 9), days after increasing legal protections on the endangered animal.

Pangolins were left out of the official Chinese Pharmacopoeia this year, along with substances including a pill formulated with bat faeces, the state-owned Health Times reported.

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