How much does a pangolin cost? Is it animal protection?

Pangolin is an ancient mammal. According to scientists, pangolins have lived on the earth for at least 80 million years and have been known for their tenacious vitality. It mainly lives in the grass in the foothills or moist hilly thickets, digging holes to live, and building holes in the soil zone. What is the price of pangolin? Does it belong to animal protection?

I. the price of pangolins

Since the last century, with the continuous destruction of pangolin habitat and human hunting, pangolin, one of the weirdest and oldest species on earth, is facing a great test of survival and even extinction. It is protected by law in many countries in Asia, but because pangolins have been thought to have special effects of traditional Chinese medicine for a long time, there are still many phenomena of poaching pangolins. However, with the increasingly stringent protection of pangolins in our country, pangolins in our country have been effectively protected.

It is illegal to buy and sell pangolins privately in China. According to Article 26 of the new Wildlife Protection Law, it is forbidden to sell, purchase or use wild animals and their products under special state protection. If it is for medicinal use, pangolin can also be bought in the drugstore, but the price is not cheap, about 3000 yuan a kilogram, of course, individuals certainly can not take so much, or according to the doctor's advice to buy.

Is pangolin a protected animal?

Pangolin is a second-class protected animal in China, and it is also listed in the regulations on the implementation of the Protection of Terrestrial Wildlife (1992) and the regulations on the Administration of Import and Export of Endangered Wild Animals and plants (2006). With the exception of Bhutan, pangolins are listed as protected animals in all producing countries in Asia, and pangolin hunting and commercial activities are prohibited. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered species of Wild Fauna and Flora also banned any international trade in pangolins in 2002.

Pangolin reproduction is relatively slow, one child a year, usually only one baby at a time, and occasionally give birth to two cubs. As a result, it is extremely easy to become extinct after being hunted and killed. Although pangolins are protected by law in Asia, these legal provisions do not play an effective role under the stimulation of huge market demand and economic interests. It is almost extinct in many parts of Asia, and there are few pangolins left in the forests of Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.

The above is some basic knowledge about pangolins. In China's criminal law, the maximum penalty for buying and selling pangolins is more than ten years in prison, with a fine or confiscation of property. We should not offend the legal risk by trying to make a quick statement.