400,000 African pangolins are hunted for meat every year

Feb 18, 2019

A pangolin walks during a news conference after Thai customs confiscated live pangolins, in Bangkok, Thailand August 31, 2017. REUTERS/Prapan Chankaew - RC1FD6275730

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Daniel J Ingram

Researcher in Conservation, UCL

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