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China accords highest level of protection pangolins after COVID Posted by Qayam Published: June 06, 2020, 3:53 pm IST Beijing: China has upgraded the protection of the pangolin, believed to be the intermediate host of the coronavirus, to that of the first-class protected animals on par with the endangered species like giant pandas. Pangolin meat is viewed as a delicacy in China and its scales are commonly used in traditional Chinese medicines to promote lactation and cure impotence resulting in the massive poaching of the mammal. The pangolin is also believed to be the world’s most trafficked mammal. About one...
