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packman

(16,296 posts)
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 01:13 PM Nov 2016

Killing a species - For nothing except for the money





"Pangolin scales are highly prized in traditional medicine and the meat is considered a delicacy in some parts of Vietnam and China. Like rhino horn, the scales are made of keratin, the same material as human fingernails, and hold no medicinal value whatsoever."

So, like bear gull and the rhino horn and shark fin , the demand for nothing of value dooms an animal


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pangolins-extinction_us_5812e332e4b064e1b4b190bd

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