Pangolins under threat as illegal trafficking grows

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This elusive creature may be little known by the public, but it's actually the most common victim of poaching. In the face of this mass hunting, NGOs are calling for strong actions to protect the pangolin.

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00:00Although the meat is considered a very high and sought after delicacy in places like Vietnam

00:29the scales are used in China for traditional Chinese medicine and the

00:36problem is this type of trade goes back many thousands of years.

00:59They're very beautiful, very strange animals but they're also endangered.

02:29Not only are we killing them and using their body parts for a little more than

02:48you know misguided tradition or pseudoscience but these animals are

02:53endangered and we should be and need to be doing a lot more to protect them.

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