Pangolin is a protected wild animal as a result of increasing demand for its meat and scales. - AFP
HANOI (Xinhua): Four Vietnamese people have been sentenced to a total of 18 years in prison for trafficking 984kg of pangolin scales, local media reported on Wednesday.
This was one of the biggest cases of wildlife trading so far in the country, daily newspaper Vietnam News reported.
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