Asia’s Pangolins disappearing fast

By Charlie March 29, 2008 No comments yet

The Pangolins, a group of ant-eating mammals covered in armour-like ’scales’, are threatened worldwide and nowhere more so than in Asia. A recent report from WWF states that an incredible sixteen tons of pangolin were seized at Hai Phong in Viet Nam in March - seven tons of carcasses and scales were seized at the same site in February!

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Charlie works for an airline and has birded all over the world for twenty years. He wants to be a writer, and thinks no-one would believe his life could be so charmed if he didn't take photos of as many of the birds he sees as possible. Blogging with 10,000 Birds fits his aims, needs, and insecurities perfectly. Really - do birders get much more fortunate than this?

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