12-27-2018, 04:34 PM
Pangolins are such a gentle harmless creature. They lead simple lives, eating and caring for their young. Somehow someone decided that the scales of a dead pangolin have medicinal value. Now they are brutally hunted and cruelly killed.
https://qz.com/india/1500980/watch-how-e...ias-assam/
What is the matter with us that we declare weird animal body parts to have medicinal value. If you want to help your health, eat right and exercise more. Pangolin scales won't do it no matter how much you pay for them.
Sadly because people are willing to pay large amounts, poachers will keep killing them. They need the money.
If we can't stop people from wanting to buy pangolin scales, maybe something can be done to fund the poachers to do less destructive and cruel work. If they had a better option for income that was more steady and secure maybe they would turn away from animal cruelty. Surely no one really wants to kill little animals like that.
https://qz.com/india/1500980/watch-how-e...ias-assam/
What is the matter with us that we declare weird animal body parts to have medicinal value. If you want to help your health, eat right and exercise more. Pangolin scales won't do it no matter how much you pay for them.
Sadly because people are willing to pay large amounts, poachers will keep killing them. They need the money.
If we can't stop people from wanting to buy pangolin scales, maybe something can be done to fund the poachers to do less destructive and cruel work. If they had a better option for income that was more steady and secure maybe they would turn away from animal cruelty. Surely no one really wants to kill little animals like that.
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Catherine
