Nigeria seizes scales from 15,000 dead pangolins

Mongabay
Aug 6, 2021, 8:09 pm169 pts
Authorities at the Nigeria Customs Service have announced the seizure of 7.1 tons of pangolin scales that smugglers were attempting to ship out of the country. According to customs officials, a raid last month in Lagos turned up 196 sacks of pangolin scales and 840 kilograms of elephant ivory. The haul…

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