Sentences with phrase «pangolin scales»

But so far this year, more than 6 tonnes of African pangolin scales have been seized before export to Asia - more than the combined total of all previous seizures.

Following the arrest of a dozen Chinese workers with pangolin scales last year, Gabon is working with researchers on an investigation into the growing exports.

But growing demand for it from Asia, where pangolin scales are used in Chinese medicine to help women lactate and to cure skin disorders, now threatens to hasten its demise and rob African countries of a precious resource.

«There is potential for it to become more industrial as people realize they can make money from pangolin scales, and we are starting to see this already with seizures of large volumes of scales,» said Dan Challender, who is doing his PhD research at the University of Kent in England on the pangolin trade and co-chairs a pangolin specialist group.

Not exact matches

The pangolin, a mammal that looks like an anteater but has the tough scales of a crocodile, has long been prized in central Africa as a bushmeat delicacy.

What you see at Pangolin is her first attempt at this scale, and one that is very successful.

A report today on the interdiction of a shipment of 2,090 frozen pangolins and 92 cartons of scales stripped from countless additional slaughtered animals appears to show that Chinese government agencies are working to stem the flow.

The total population of the Malayan pangolin is estimated to have been cut 50 percent in 15 years, mainly through poaching for its scales, which fetch a high price in Chinese markets in exotic meat and animal products with supposed medicinal properties.

2,090 frozen pangolins headed for trade on the black market were just intercepted by the Chinese authorities, in what may be evidence of a burgeoning effort to scale back such activity.

The pangolin is an endangered species of anteater that's considered a delicacy in China, and its scales are believed in Chinese folklore to aid breastfeeding mothers.

The pangolin is the world's most poached animal because its scales are used in traditional medicine and fashion.

This scalloped scale print is inspired by an anteater's shell; Pangolin velvet fabric, # 150 per m, Timorous Beasties

The White Moth All Over fabric by Timorous Beasties shows off the intricate pattern of moth wings, while the company's latest wallpaper release, Pangolin, features a scalloped design that imitates the scales of the anteater - like mammal using a watery, iridescent finish.