It’s impossible to say for certain, of course, because poachers don’t exactly submit spreadsheets on their activities. Some experts say the pangolin is likely the most trafficked mammal in the world. No one knows how many pangolins are left in the wild.īut scientists and activists say the number is shrinking fast. If you assume only 10% to 20% of the actual trade is reported by the news media, the true number trafficked over a two-year period was 116,990 to 233,980, according to Annamiticus, an advocacy group. By the most conservative estimates, 10,000 pangolins are trafficked illegally each year. (He's got a wooden carving of a pangolin in his office in Washington.) "It's almost like, 'You've got a pangolin you've got a brown bag lunch - and also a medicine chest,'" said Crawford Allan, director of TRAFFIC North America and a pangolin lover. Pangolins - two species of which are endangered and all of which are protected by international treaty - are trafficked by the thousands for their scales, which are boiled off their bodies for use in traditional medicine for their meat, which is a high-end delicacy here and in China and for their blood, which is seen as a healing tonic. Or, more to the point: It could go extinct because of that. The pangolin could go extinct before most people realize it exists. When it's frightened, it actually curls up into a roly-poly ball. If the pangolin went to high school, it would be the drama geek - elusive, nocturnal, rarely appreciated and barely understood. It lacks the tiger’s grace, the rhino’s brute strength. The pangolin possesses none of the cachet of better-known animals that are hot on the international black market.
It could be described as a walking pinecone or an artichoke with legs – a tiny dinosaur or friendly crocodile. Lucky is a pangolin - a rare, scale-covered mammal, about the size of a house cat, that’s so bizarre it almost forces your brain to flip through a Rolodex of more-familiar images. If you hear his story it's easy to understand why. A padlocked door creaks open to reveal an animal that seems far too unassuming to be traded by the ton. Inside a metal vault here in rural Vietnam is a creature believed to be the most trafficked mammal in the world. E-mail him at The opinions expressed in this story are solely those of the author. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+. Sutter is a columnist for CNN Opinion and head of CNN's Change the List project. If you choose to do business with this business, please let the business know that you contacted BBB for a BBB Business Profile.Īs a matter of policy, BBB does not endorse any product, service or business.John D. BBB Business Profiles are subject to change at any time. When considering complaint information, please take into account the company's size and volume of transactions, and understand that the nature of complaints and a firm's responses to them are often more important than the number of complaints.īBB Business Profiles generally cover a three-year reporting period. However, BBB does not verify the accuracy of information provided by third parties, and does not guarantee the accuracy of any information in Business Profiles. BBB asks third parties who publish complaints, reviews and/or responses on this website to affirm that the information provided is accurate. I am giving one stat but they deserve ZERO.īBB Business Profiles may not be reproduced for sales or promotional purposes.īBB Business Profiles are provided solely to assist you in exercising your own best judgment.
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