Pangolin faces the threat of extinction from humans

On July 29, a group of conservationists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) warned of the risk of extinction of pangolins, which were used as an expensive food in Luxurious party and ingredient in some Asian tastes.

Jonathan Baillie, head of the IUCN Committee for Pangolin Research for Species Survival (SSC), points out that no plea is adequate for trade and consumption patterns. illegally receiving pangolin.

Baillie stressed that in the 21st century, people really should not take pangolins consuming activities, especially using pangolins like food.

Pangolin is facing the risk of extinction from humans.(Source: asyoulikeitsafaris.com)

Over the past decade, more than a million pangolins, shaped like an artichoke with legs and tails, have been hunted by poachers from the wild. ICUN said there are eight species of pangolins that are on the list of endangered species, mostly because they are traded to Asian countries.

The illegal trade of pangolins is increasing as it is not only an expensive food, scales of pangolin are also used in the composition of some Asian medicines to treat psoriasis and mustard. Good blood circulation.

In fact, pangolin has become the most illegally traded mammal in the world. IUCN has stepped up conservation efforts in Asia and Africa, where pangolin dealers are trying to meet rising demand.

Dan Challender, head of a group of pangolin researchers based at the London Zoological Society, said the first essential step is that Asian governments must strictly control the supply of pangolin scales and publicize these data, to ensure that pangolins are no longer provided for commercial business activities.

Through the above warning, nature conservationists expressed hope to protect pangolin from the risk of becoming human food as well as the risk of extinction, because recent data show that they are "in on the shore " extinction and can completely erase 80 million years of evolutionary history of pangolins.

The name of the pangolin comes from "pengguling" , meaning a curled object in Malaysian language, which is also the action of pangolins often done when feeling threatened.

Pangolin lives on eating insects in tropical forests, weighing from 2 to 35kg and has a length of 30-80cm. Giant pangolin has a length of up to 1.5 meters. Pangolin was originally grouped with anteater, sloth and tatu, but is now thought to be closest to predators.