Higher demand for pangolin meat as cold spell hits China


ALOR SETAR: The number of pangolins smuggled to China increases when the weather there turns cold, according to the authorities.

Kedah Department of Wildlife and National Parks director Muhammad Ali Che Aman said many believe that exotic pangolin meat has medicinal value and keeps the body warm.

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