Pangolin hunting mostly for meat

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Pangolins in Nigeria may be hunted for food rather than illicit scales trade

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Pangolins are the most heavily trafficked wild mammal in the world.

They are famous for their highly prized keratin scales, a staple of traditional Chinese medicine.

A new study led by the University of Cambridge suggests 98% of Nigerian pangolin hunting is done for meat.

Around two-thirds of scales from these animals simply thrown away.

Pangolin hunting in southeast Nigeria is motivated more by local meat consumption than international demand for scales.

Study was conducted by international team of researchers from the University of Cambridge , Wildlife Conservation Society, Pangolins Protection Network , CIFOR, CARE International , as well as UK universities of Oxford , Exeter and Kent .

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