Nigeria seeks transnational help to disrupt a still-brisk pangolin trade

Mongabay
Sep 2, 2021, 12:49 am194 pts
Nigeria’s emergence as a trafficking hub for illegal wildlife appears unhindered by the coronavirus pandemic. Between 2016 and 2019, some 200 metric tons of pangolin scales were seized by law enforcement worldwide, with more than half of this total linked to Nigeria. In July, officials made the third-largest…

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