the Historic decision.
China pangolin removed from its official list of traditional medicine, AFP reports.
From the list were also removed tablets containing feces of bats. This historical decision in the country took after the country adopted new rules enhancing the protection of animals under threat of extinction.
of pangolins in China are hunted for their meat and scales, which the people ascribe healing properties. Local healers claim that the scales of pangolins stimulates lactation in women, cure cancer and asthma. Research is not confirmed.
Previously voiced assumptions that pangolins from the market in Wuhan, marked the beginning of a pandemic coronavirus COVID-19. Chinese scientists also discovered that the Malay pangolin, illegally imported into the territory of China, coronaviruses very similar to the virus SARS-CoV-2.
world wide Fund for nature has already welcomed China’s decision.
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