In southeast Nigeria, pangolins hunted for meat, not scales, study finds

Mongabay
Sep 10, 2025, 2:18 pm126 ptsTrending
When headline after headline highlights tons of pangolin scale seizures in Nigeria, it’s easy to presume that most pangolin poaching in the country is driven by the international demand for the scales. A recently published research, however, finds that in Nigeria’s Cross River state, pangolins are hunted…

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