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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums(graphic warning) Indonesia seizes hundreds of frozen pangolins
SURABAYA, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities have seized more than 650 critically endangered pangolins found hidden in freezers and arrested a man for allegedly breaking wildlife protection laws, police said Friday.
Police discovered the pangolins, known as "scaly anteaters", when they raided a house in Jombang district on the main island of Java after local residents became suspicious about the large number of freezers in the property.
A total of 657 pangolins, which are consumed as a luxury dish in China and used in traditional medicine, were found wrapped in plastic and stored in five large freezers, East Java province police spokesman Raden Prabowo Argo Yuwono told AFP.
The house owner, a 55-year-old man whose identity was not disclosed, was arrested and has been named a suspect, a step in the Indonesian legal system meaning that authorities believe they have enough evidence to consider filing charges.
He could face five years in prison and a fine of 100 million rupiah (s$10,230) for breaking wildlife protection laws.
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/indonesia-seizes-hundreds-frozen-pangolins
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(graphic warning) Indonesia seizes hundreds of frozen pangolins (Original Post)
yuiyoshida
Aug 2016
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What is WITH this Chinese urge to devour every "exotic" animal on Earth ?
eppur_se_muova
Aug 2016
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superpatriotman
(6,252 posts)1. This will end when every animal is extinct
Or when the eaters of exotic species grow a conscience- so, the first.
eppur_se_muova
(36,289 posts)2. What is WITH this Chinese urge to devour every "exotic" animal on Earth ?
Is ordinary Chinese food that unsatisfying ?? Or is it just the status thing ?
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)3. ask the Fung Brothers