Looks like pangolins are still headed for the soup pots. Just on The Star today (Tuesday September 18, 2007).
Five held for having pangolins
Tenom district police chief Deputy Supt Amru Kadir said the five, aged between 19 and 38, were ferrying the pangolins, which are commonly known as anteaters, in two cars along the Tenom-Sipitang road two days ago.
I have been thinking of doing entries like this for a long time. The world is sick and it is high time that more effort is done to heal it.
This is going to be the first of many more entries to come that will focus on saving the world! Well I hope to help anyways.
This entry's focus is on our little armoured ant eating friend in the Asian and African jungles - the Pangolin. More specifically, the endangered Malayan Pangolin that can be found in our Malaysian jungles.
Wikipedia:
Pangolins (pronounced /ˈpæŋgəlɪn/) or scaly anteaters are mammals in the order Pholidota. There is only one extant family (Manidae) and one genus (Manis) of pangolins, comprising eight species. (There are also a number of extinct taxa within Pholidota.) Pangolins have large scales on their skin and are found in tropical regions of Africa and Asia. The name "pangolin" is derived from the Malay word pengguling ("something that rolls up").
It happens that the Pangolins are one of the many animals that are trafficked out of Malaysia to be chopped up and eaten - for god knows what reason.
