Massive pangolin seizure in Borneo smuggling operation bust

Mongabay
Feb 13, 2019, 11:30 am270 pts
Police and wildlife officials confiscated nearly 30 metric tons (33 tons) of pangolin carcasses, meat and scales, as well as dozens of the live animals, in Malaysian Borneo on Feb. 7, according to multiple media reports and the NGO TRAFFIC. A tip alerted the authorities to what they say is evidence of a…

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