New EIA investigation exposes the Chinese Government’s pangolin trade deception
The extent to which the Chinese Government supports the continued use of pangolins, the world’s most trafficked mammal, is revealed today in a new EIA report
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US urged to sanction China for its pangolin trade which violates international wildlife treaty
EIA and two other conservation organisations have filed a legal petition calling on the US Government to formally sanction China for illegally trading in critically endangered pangolins
New UN report on illegal wildlife trade is welcome but some findings could mislead
The key conclusions on ivory and rhino trade in a major new UN report on the international wildlife trade are “premature and misleading”
Chinese Government still promoting coronavirus treatment containing bear bile
Authorities in China are still promoting the use of a COVID-19 treatment containing bile extracted from the gall bladders of caged bears
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Despite the headlines, China’s Government still promotes pangolin scales in traditional medicines
China secured huge international media coverage when its Government-controlled State media reported pangolin scales had been removed as a raw ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) – but in reality they can still be legally traded and used.
China’s widely publicised new pangolin protections might not mean a total ban on use of the species
The Chinese Government has removed pangolin scales as an ingredient from the latest edition of its traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pharmacopoeia but concerns remain