Africa, China Illegal Pangolin Scales Trade Spikes
South African authorities have expressed fears of increased possibilities of Pangolins facing extinction in Africa as demand for their scales has increased due to illegal trade linked to a century-old Chinese tradition of using them for medicine. For more, VOA correspondent Kate Bartlett produced this report from Lapalala Wilderness Reserve in Limpopo, South Africa, where she documented the impact of the illegal trade of Pangolin scales between Africa and China.
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