Pangolins
- Odisha Special Task Force (STF) has launched a drive to bust an international syndicate that peddles ‘endangered’ pangolin, one of the world’s most illegally traded mammals possibly with the help of the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT)
- MLAT is an agreement between nations to exchange information or provide legal assistance for enforcing laws
- Of the eight species of pangolin worldwide, two are found in India, namely, Chinese pangolin (manis pentadactyla), mostly found in northeast India and Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata).
- Indian pangolin has been listed as “endangered” in IUCN Red List. It is also a Schedule I category protected animal, under the Wildlife ....
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