The Chinese trade in dead and live pangolin
WOULD you eat a pangolin? Plenty do. This week, Thai customs rescued 110 pangolins worth about $35,500 that they say were to be sold outside the country as exotic food. The Chinese love them. The Herbal Encyclopedia say pangolin are “used to cure tumefaction [swelling], promote blood circulation and help breast-feeding mothers produce milk.” Mix pangolin with turtle shell to cure your fibroids. Like everything else, it tastes like chicken…
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Indonesian government workers bury 5 tons of dead pangolin they confiscated from a smuggler in Medan Marelan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. Once widespread, the shy and defenseless anteater is being vacuumed up for sale largely in China, where many believe it can cure an array of ailments and boost sexual prowess. From fields and forests to Chinese cooking pots and medicine vials, the industrial-scale trade is propelled along similar trafficking routes for tigers, turtles, bears, snakes and other mostly endangered species across Asia. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Posted: 7th, June 2012 | In: The Consumer Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
