Summary:
So by poaching pangolin scales and turtles, I realised I could get what I wanted. The demand for pangolin scales isn’t just coming from countries such as China, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Bangkok, but the Indian market too. There are people who are pursuing PUC or MBA, or are farmers, realtors, anganwadi workers and coffee estate owners and unemployed youths. According to the Forest Department and police, the number of pangolin poaching cases and seizures have increased in the last three years, and the departments are finding it hard to control the menace. In some cases, poachers also take the toenail of another animal and sell them as a turtle’s nail..