While efforts from the government, non-governmental organizations and all the other stakeholders have been able to curb the ...
“From 2008 to 2015, the annual quota on pangolin scales was around 25,000 kg (for use in traditional medicine). Now the quota has been reduced to only 1,000 kg (one metric ton),” she said. In 2016, ...
They also recommend more scientific studies on the pharmacological effects — or lack thereof — of pangolin scales to promote alternative treatments and reduce their use in medicine.
In its latest submission to the 78th Meeting of the UN CITES Standing Committee (3-8 February 2025), China proposed a 90 per cent reduction in pharmaceutical and hospital use of pangolin scales by ...
Pangolins face extinction at an alarming rate, with one killed every three minutes. Despite China's proposed cuts to pangolin scale use, fears of illegal trade and hidden stockpiles persist.
A staggering number of birds, turtles, reptiles, primates, and big cats were seized. While China officially banned the use of pangolin scales in traditional medicine in 2020, it remains the largest ...
Under Chinese law, pharmaceutical companies are allowed to use pangolin scales in medicines if they come from domestic sources or if the scales come from stockpiles collected before international ...
The planet’s eight pangolin species — four in Africa and four in Asia — are all classified as vulnerable to critically endangered. Since 2014 the animals, which reproduce slowly and whose populations ...
Indian Pangolin or Anteater (Manis crassicaudata) one of the most trafficked wildlife species in the world, eating its favourite food, ants with its long tongue.