Hong Kong Customs authorities have seized just over one ton of
pangolin scales from a shipping container which arrived from South
Africa.
This is the second interception in Hong Kong of a shipment of
pangolin scales from the African continent in just eight months,
following the seizure of 320 kilograms of pangolin scales in October
2013. In this case, 40 bags totaling 1 000 kilograms of pangolin scales
were detected in a container (declared as “plastic pet”) at the Kwai
Chung cargo examination compound. While the scales are presumably those
of African pangolins, the precise species is not known at this time.
In 2013, an estimated 8125 pangolins were confiscated in 49 instances of illegal trade across 13 countries.
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