Last week Indonesian police seized 14 tons of frozen Malayan pangolins—a kind of scaly anteater—bound for China and arrested more than a dozen suspected smugglers, conservationists announced Tuesday. The July 30 warehouse raid in Palembang on the island of Sumatra is the latest sign of China's skyrocketing demand for pangolin meat, blood, and scales.
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A Malaysian, believed to be the mastermind of an illegal wildlife trade, was among 14 people arrested by Indonesian police in the country’s biggest smuggling bust in Palembang, Sumatra.
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According to the office of the chief conservator of forest (CCF) in north Bengal, lack of awareness among the villagers residing at the forest adjacent villages in the region and increased movement of poachers are the two major factors posing threat to the existence of the rare species in the region. According to CCF officials, the fast rate of encroachment of forests by local villagers is destroying ants and termite mounds there, which are the principal food items for these Chinese Pangolins.
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Officers from the Indonesian National Police Criminal Investigation Bureau have raided the warehouse of a suspected illegal wildlife trader in the city of Palembang in South Sumatra. The raid uncovered over 14 tonnes of the endangered pangolin, packed frozen ready for export, and led to the arrest of 14 suspects.
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"The illegal trade in wildlife is now a multi-million dollar international business. Endangered wildlife is being traded for food, medicines, ornaments, pets and more. This trade is already driving many species to the brink of extinction, If we don't act soon it will be too late," said Elizabeth Bennett, Director of the Hunting and Wildlife Trade Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society.
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