Parts, such as ivory for souvenirs, snake skin for the fashion industry, or fins and scales for use in traditional medicine. The trade in protected species is illegal, but very lucrative. Every year, the business turns over an estimated 20 billion. Organized along mafialike lines, wildlife crcrime has grn into one of the worlds biggest illicit trades, after narcotics, arms sales, and human trafficking. One shy creature is particularly valuable on the market, the pangolin, the only mammal with scales. That is what makes this anteater so valuable, even though its scales are made of keratin, just like fingernails or hair. One kilo of pangolin scales is worth 1000 on the black market. In asia, especially in china and vietnam, pangolin scales are used in traditional medicine. The animals meat is also a soughtafter delicacy. The pangolin is the most trafficked mammal in the world, even though sales of all eight pangolin species are globally banned by the convention on International Trade in
Parts, such as ivory for souvenirs, snake skin for the fashion industry, or fins and scales for use in traditional medicine. The trade in protected species is illegal, but very lucrative. Every year, the business turns over an estimated 20 billion. Organized along mafialike lines, wildlife crcrime has grn into one of the worlds biggest illicit trades, after narcotics, arms sales, and human trafficking. One shy creature is particularly valuable on the market, the pangolin, the only mammal with scales. That is what makes this anteater so valuable, even though its scales are made of keratin, just like fingernails or hair. One kilo of pangolin scales is worth 1000 on the black market. In asia, especially in china and vietnam, pangolin scales are used in traditional medicine. The animals meat is also a soughtafter delicacy. The pangolin is the most trafficked mammal in the world, even though sales of all eight pangolin species are globally banned by the convention on International Trade in
Parts, such as ivory for souvenirs, snake skin for the fashion industry, or fins and scales for use in traditional medicine. The trade in protected species is illegal, but very lucrative. Every year, the business turns over an estimated 20 billion. Organized along mafialike lines, wildlife crcrime has grn into one of the worlds biggest illicit trades, after narcotics, arms sales, and human trafficking. One shy creature is particularly valuable on the market, the pangolin, the only mammal with scales. That is what makes this anteater so valuable, even though its scales are made of keratin, just like fingernails or hair. One kilo of pangolin scales is worth 1000 on the black market. In asia, especially in china and vietnam, pangolin scales are used in traditional medicine. The animals meat is also a soughtafter delicacy. The pangolin is the most trafficked mammal in the world, even though sales of all eight pangolin species are globally banned by the convention on International Trade in
Online. Some are in demand as exotic pets. Others are sold for their body parts, such as ivory for souvenirs, snake skin for the fashion industry, or fins and scales for use in traditional medicine. The trade in protected species is illegal, but very lucrative. Every year, the business turns over an estimated 20 billion. Organized along mafialike lines, wildlife crcrime has grn into one of the worlds biggest illicit trades, after narcotics, arms sales, and human trafficking. One shy creature is particularly valuable on the market, the pangolin, the only mammal with scales. That is what makes this anteater so valuable, even though its scales are made of keratin, just like fingernails or hair. One kilo of pangolin scales is worth 1000 on the black market. In asia, especially in china and vietnam, pangolin scales are used in traditional medicine. The animals meat is also a soughtafter delicacy. The pangolin is the most trafficked mammal in the world, even though sales of all eight pangoli
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