Smuggling endangered animals in China
Police in China said that 20 members of a ring smuggling endangered animals had been arrested. Police seized 278 bear paws and 416 dead pangolins ( scaly anteaters).
Animals have been used in alternative medicine in China for a long time . Pangolin meat is believed to offer a cure for asthma.
Other rare and exotic wildlife gets eaten as a delicacy including camel's hump and monkey's brain.
The good news is - China is changing its old ways as reported by the China Wildlife Conservation Association . A recent survey showed that a growing number of Chinese are changing their old traditions of eating and selling exotic wildlife based on new fears of getting diseases such as SARS
Endangered Animals - There is hope !
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