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Pangolin, The 'Artichoke With Legs,' Earns Top Trade Protection

3:45pm September 28, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

World leaders at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species agreed to ban all commercial trade in pangolins, small and endangered mammals that also resemble aardvarks.

Last month, Indonesian customs officials seized more than a ton of frozen pangolins bound for Singapore. The animal is critically endangered, due to high levels of hunting and poaching for its meat and scales.

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The World's Most Trafficked Mammal Is One You May Never Have Heard Of

8:08pm August 25, 2015

by Jackie Northam

The pangolin, a shy, scaly animal resembling an anteater, is being hunted into extinction, conservationists say. New efforts are underway to protect this exotic creature.

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