Pangolin
I Accidentally Ate the World's Most Illegally Trafficked Animal
If you’re in the market for a truly awful meal sprinkled with guilt and served with a side of sizzling bad karma, as I unfortunately experienced, then pangolin meat is for you. See you in hell.
The Weirdest Food Crimes of 2015
A multimillion-dollar "magic cheese" scam, father-son chicken-wing-embezzling, and ma po tofu so spicy a lady called the cops all made the list in 2015.
This Laos Resort Serves Rich Tourists Tiger Meat and Fresh-Killed Bear Cubs
Laos’ Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone is a casino resort area where the rich come to eat illegal tiger meat, pangolins, and bear paws.
An Animal That Looks like an Acorn Is the Most Trafficked Mammal on Earth
They call this thing a pangolin. You probably haven't heard of him, but this freaky little dude is worth about $100 a pound, making him the most heavily trafficked mammal in the world.
The Biggest Mammal Victim of the Wildlife Trade is the Adorable, Endangered Pangolin
Pangolins are hunted both for traditional medicine and meat, which has led the International Union for Conservation of Nature to consider all eight species to be in decline. The end result is that some amazing, and woefully understudied, creatures are...
The Biggest Mammal Victim of the Wildlife Trade Is the Adorable, Endangered Pangolin
Pangolins are hunted both for traditional medicine and meat, which has led the IUCN to consider all eight species to be in decline.