protective scales Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/protective-scales/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 27 Sep 2016 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 protective scales Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/protective-scales/ 32 32 Pangolins moved into CITES maximum security zone https://jjcornish.com/2016/09/pangolins-moved-cites-maximum-security-zone/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/09/pangolins-moved-cites-maximum-security-zone/ Animal rights activists will today get the maximum security they want from the UN body safeguarding endangered species for pangolins around the world. The Convention on the Sale of Wildlife of Endangered Species meeting in Sandton voted to move the four species of Asian pangolins into its most protected status. They will place the four […]

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]]> Animal rights activists will today get the maximum security they want from the UN body safeguarding endangered species for pangolins around the world.

The Convention on the Sale of Wildlife of Endangered Species meeting in Sandton voted to move the four species of Asian pangolins into its most protected status.

They will place the four African species of pangolins under this umbrella later today.

Moving pangolins from appendix two to appendix one of CITES means that all trade in the world’s most trafficked mammal is now banned.

Pangolins are hunted for their protective scales made of the same material of rhino horn.

Jorge Rios of the United Nations Office Of Drugs and Crime says corruption will trump any protection provided by the world organisation.

They call corruption the elephant in the room.

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