Brutal hunting of Pangolins

[Catherine]

Quote:I know. Mainly the body parts contain no more than keratin, or in the case of Tiger bones, Calcium I suppose.

The rest....probably based on superstition (such as a Tiger is strong and fearless and virile, etc)

Fingernails and toe nails. That is essentially what the scales are made of.
Tigers are at least strong and fearless. Pangolins, not so much. They are harmless forest creatures who curl up in a ball if they get frightened. 

Since we will never shake people of the silly belief that the scales are good for them, then we need to work on the poachers.
If only they could  be hired as rangers to protect the pangolins. It is shutting down the dog meat farms to find the farmers other sources of income. It is the more sustainable solution to have the poachers employed somehow. If the employment involved protecting live pangolins even better. They would work to save them not kill them.