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Four Tons of Plastic Discovered to Be Smuggled Pangolin Scales
2016-06-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Four Tons of "Plastic' Discovered to Be Smuggled Pangolin Scales In this week's crime blotter: prison for an auctioneer, a bird researcher bust, and a suspected ranger turned poacher. Last year Indonesian authorities confiscated these dead pangolins. The animals are poached for their scales and meat. Photograph by Binsar Bakkara, AP Hong Kong officials made one of the largest ever seizures of African pangolin scales on Thursday after discovering 4.4 tons (4,000...
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