Episode 224
Protecting the Pangolin
Bribe, Swindle or Steal · Alexandra Wrage with Professor Katharine Abernethy
February 17, 202128m 33s
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Show Notes
For World Pangolin Day on Saturday, we're reposting our podcast about the beleaguered pangolin. Professor Katharine Abernethy discusses the dramatic and illegal overhunting and subsequent smuggling of pangolins, the most trafficked animal in the world, to supply the Asian market with their scales believed—without evidence—to cure cancer.