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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A Thai customs official fills up water into a bottle to clean pangolins, in blue plastic bags, prior to a news conference at the customs office in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Sept. 26, 2011. Authorities in Thailand have rescued nearly 100 endangered pangolins worth about $32,000 that they say were to be sold and eaten outside the country. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
Posted: 7th, June 2012 | In: The Consumer Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
