Curled up pangolins and a snake are displayed on a table of a wildlife seller Kunle Yusaf, as he holds up a pangolin in Lagos, Nigeria July 29, 2020. Picture taken July 29, 2020 REUTERS/Seun Sanni
LAGOS (Reuters) - Just a few months after Epe Fish Market was under lockdown to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, vendors at the site in the southern Nigerian state of Lagos are back buying, selling and trading animals.
A vendor descales an endangered pangolin with a machete. Nearby, grasscutter rodents are skinned. Most of the sellers wear masks.
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