China seizes over 3,000 kg of pangolin scales in biggest-ever smuggling case

Mongabay
Dec 29, 2016, 2:00 am164 pts
Pangolin — the world’s most trafficked mammal — continues to be killed in huge numbers. On Wednesday, Chinese customs officials announced that they had seized more than three metric tons (3,000 kilograms or 6,600 pounds) of pangolin scales in Shanghai. This is the country’s largest-ever smuggling case…

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