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Illegal export: Indonesian customs officials display a seized shipment of 1,390 kilograms of frozen pangolin bound for Singapore during a ceremony in which the illegal shipment was destroyed at the Surabaya customs office in East Java on Wednesday

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Wed, July 8, 2015 Published on Jul. 8, 2015 Published on 2015-07-08T17:33:06+07:00

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Illegal export: Indonesian customs officials display a seized shipment of 1,390 kilograms of frozen pangolin bound for Singapore during a ceremony in which the illegal shipment was destroyed at the Surabaya customs office in East Java on Wednesday. Pangolin, a scaly mammal that feeds on ants and termites are listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to high levels of hunting and poaching for their meat and scales, which is primarily driven by demand in China. (AFP) Illegal export: Indonesian customs officials display a seized shipment of 1,390 kilograms of frozen pangolin bound for Singapore during a ceremony in which the illegal shipment was destroyed at the Surabaya customs office in East Java on Wednesday. Pangolin, a scaly mammal that feeds on ants and termites are listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to high levels of hunting and poaching for their meat and scales, which is primarily driven by demand in China. (AFP) (IUCN) due to high levels of hunting and poaching for their meat and scales, which is primarily driven by demand in China. (AFP)

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span class="caption">Illegal export: Indonesian customs officials display a seized shipment of 1,390 kilograms of frozen pangolin bound for Singapore during a ceremony in which the illegal shipment was destroyed at the Surabaya customs office in East Java on Wednesday. Pangolin, a scaly mammal that feeds on ants and termites are listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to high levels of hunting and poaching for their meat and scales, which is primarily driven by demand in China. (AFP)

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