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He couldn't say whether the scales were to be smuggled out of the country," said the senior officer.The wildlife department has launched a hunt for the killers of the pangolins. "We know their names and addresses but we can't disclose them now," said divisional forest officer ( Mahanadi wildlife division) Anshu Pragyan Das. "He told us that the scales had been extracted from the animals at least six months ago. She said a pangolin lived for around 20 years and produced a single offspring. Each scale is sold for Rs 800 to Rs 2,000..