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  • noun

Synonyms for pangolin

nountoothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites

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Athagarh Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Sasmita Lenka said, "The rescued pangolin is currently kept in the Badamba Forest Range and will later be released into Nandankanan Zoo."
Further to the update reported on the Company's MSC Advanced Stage Exploration Project on August 20, 2019, Pangolin has recovered two additional diamonds from soils within a single sample block.
3 wildlife traders convicted !-- -- Rhodina Villanueva (The Philippine Star) - August 13, 2019 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines Three men have been sent to prison for transporting critically endangered Philippine pangolins. Simforoso Salazar, Jorlan Torrequimada and Victor Equisa were sentenced to up to three months in prison after pleading guilty to violating Republic Act 9147 or the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act, Tagaytay City Municipal Trial Court Branch 1 Judge Liezl Rosario Mendoza said in her recent ruling.
The National Parks Board said: "Sacks of pangolin scales and elephant ivory were found." The haul will now be destroyed.
This is the third major seizure of pangolin scales in Singapore in 2019.
With a design inspired by the pangolin, a kind of mammal with layers of keratin scales covering its skin, the building has emerged as a new landmark of Taipei Zoo, not least for its distinctive appearance.
Hunters reportedly sell one pangolin to a direct buyer at P1,500 at least.
On December 15, 2016, authorities discovered more than a tonne of ivory, as well as elephant tails, tiger bones and pangolin scales, at Phnom Penh port when they opened two shipping containers being transported from Preah Sihanouk province.
Conservationists have raised the alarm over the scale of pangolin trafficking taking place, even as Customs authorities in Singapore intercepted record shipments of 12.9 tonnes and 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales from Nigeria, totalling 25.6 tonnes in one week.
In the biggest single haul in the world in recent years, Singapore authorities on Wednesday (April 3) seized 12.9 tonnes of pangolin scales worth C$52.3mil from a container at the Pasir Panjang Export Inspection Station here.
Along with the pangolin scales, 177kg of cut up and carved elephant ivory worth C$120,000 were also seized during the inspection.
Singapore has seized around 26 tons of pangolin scales belonging to around 38,000 of the endangered species over five days, authorities said Wednesday, reported DW.
'A Rocha Ghana finds it hard to believe that a well-respected media entity like Adom TV oversaw such illegality, and, particularly coming just three weeks after the 16th of February, which was World Pangolin Day, where the hashtag#Stoppangolintrade was in the trend for two days running, and the day carried by several media outlets,' it stated.
Animal rights organizations, members of civil society and wildlife activists have called for adequate measures to preserve the world's most trafficked animal, pangolin, whose existence is essential for the health of forests.