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Two #pangolin were saved frm illegal #wildlifetrade and a certain death....thanks to a joint op by @WCCBHQ #Mumbai and #Nanded forest division @MahaForest. 7 men hav been arrested. They had evn put up a video of the pangolin online fr sale.
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Two #pangolin were saved frm illegal #wildlifetrade and a certain death....thanks to a joint op by @WCCBHQ #Mumbai and #Nanded forest division @MahaForest. 7 men hav been arrested. They had evn put up a video of the pangolin online fr sale.
Info & Images @IfsAshish
#Pangolin is a widely trafficked animal. Meat is considered delicacy.. also due to sum alleged medicinal values. Scales are used in traditional oriental medicines as an aphrodisiac and to cure asthma, psoriasis, cancer. Bile nd claws r reportedly used by svlr tribal communities.
Pangolins are smoked or dug out of their burrows and dipped into boiling water to extract the scales. Poachers who are contacted by traffickers lure local tribals to locate the animal and at times even trap it. Hunting or trade in pangolins in #India is a criminal offence .
According to experts demand for pangolins is on such a rise that there has been a jump of 1,000 per cent in the cost and this is the biggest reason for poachers now shifting to this species, which is easier to poach and there is hardly any awareness among authourities themselves,
#Thane #NaviMumbai and #Mumbai are also seen as Pangolin trafficking hub...Wildlife experts seem to believe so given the fact that several Pangolins were seized by forest department as well as cops from Thane and Navi Mumbai
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Lot of awareness amongst people as well as forest dept is needed in areas with Pangolin population abt this species nd myths. Also #media needs to STOP quoting 'price tags' of Pangolins as it only makes catching Pangolins lucrative in minds of those who are not evn into poaching
