Eating pangolins is illegal in China, but putting their scales into medical concoctions is not
pangolin. With its hard covering and ability to roll into a small ball when threatened, the scaly anteater, as it is also known, has an advantage over most predators. But it cannot repel humans. Pangolins, which are endangered, are the most trafficked wild mammals in the world. Most end up in China.
Pangolins are found in the wild in several Asian countries, including China. But China’s demand, particularly for scales, has taken a heavy toll on those populations. So the smuggled animals are now mainly from Africa. Theestimates that the equivalent of 142,000 whole pangolins was seized by various countries in 2018, more than ten times more than in 2014 .
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