China increases protection of Pangolins

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Updated At : 01:03 PM Jun 07, 2020 IST

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Beijing, June 6

China has upgraded the protection of the pangolin, believed to be the intermediate host of the coronavirus, to that of the first-class protected animals on par with the endangered species like giant pandas.

Pangolin meat is viewed as a delicacy in China and its scales are commonly used in traditional Chinese medicines to promote lactation and cure impotence resulting in the massive poaching of the mammal. The pangolin is also believed to be the world’s most trafficked mammal. — PTI

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