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Pakistan's pangolins imperiled as illegal wildlife trade with China flourishes
FirstpostAs illegal wildlife trade flourishes along new trade routes to China, the endangered pangolin is disappearing from Sindh, one of Pakistan’s biggest provinces As illegal wildlife trade flourishes along new trade routes to China, the endangered pangolin is disappearing from Sindh, one of Pakistan’s biggest provinces By Shahid Shah The pangolin’s scales are its enemy, says Javed Ahmed Mahar, conservator at the Sindh Wildlife Department. Ghulam Sarwar Jamali, a former official of the Sindh Wildlife Department, said that people react in fear to the sight of the pangolin, given its unusual shape and scaly skin, and often attack it. In October 2018, Sindh Wildlife Department teams raided an area of the port city of Karachi and seized 16 bags filled with pangolin scales. Riaz Hussain, a wildlife zoologist and a member of the IUCN Special Survival Commission Pangolin Special Group, said, “Massive smuggling of pangolins has been recorded from Kashmir and Punjab to China.
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