Kenya among key hubs of illegal trade of pangolin scales

Pangolin is believed to be the most trafficked animal in the world, it’s largely hunted for its meat and scales. There are eight different species of pangolin across (Asia and Africa, and they vary from vulnerable to critically endangered. [Photo: Courtesy]

Kenya is among the hot spots for illegal trade in the critically endangered pangolins.

Pangolins, wild mammals popularly known as scaly ant eaters, are famous for their long sticky tongues that they use to trap and eat ants and termites. They are heavily trafficked for their scales.