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China Just Removed Pangolins From Its Traditional Medicine List

June 9, 2020
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China Just Removed Pangolins From Its Traditional Medicine List

In order to protect pangolins, China just updated the official list of ingredients approved for use in Traditional Chinese Medicine to exclude their scales.

The newly published 2020 Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Pharmacopoeia delisted pangolin scales. This announcement follows an increase in the protection status of pangolins by the State Forestry and Grassland Administration (SFGA) last week.

Animal protection groups have praised these decisions, which could drastically reduce trade in pangolin. The “scaly anteater” is the world’s most trafficked animal, and international law protects all eight species. Furthermore, The International Union for the Conservation of Nature lists three out of four species native to Asia as “critically endangered.”

“I am very encouraged,” said Zhou Jinfeng, secretary-general of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF), reported in The Guardian. Jinfeng has long campaigned for improved protection of pangolins and against the use of their scales in medicine. “Our continuous efforts for several years have not been in vain.”

Steve Blake, the chief representative of WildAid in Beijing, has also pushed for improved protection for the pangolin. “We highly applaud this announcement, made in recognition of the need to protect critically endangered pangolins,” Blake told the Guardian.

“Along with upgrading pangolins to a national level 1 protected species, these two actions are crucial to help curb illegal trade,” he continued. “This shows China’s rapidly strengthened commitment to protecting wildlife.”

Bats and pangolins both naturally carry the Sars-CoV-2 virus.

Wildlife Trade and Coronavirus

Pangolins have received particular attention since the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The zoonotic virus is thought to have originated in bats. However, many experts have suggested that pangolins may have been the intermediary host between bats and humans.

Early coverage of the pandemic suggested that it stemmed from a seafood market in Wuhan. In response, the government temporarily shut wet markets to try and mitigate health risks.

The World Health Organization said at the time: “All available evidence for COVID-19 suggests that SARS-CoV-2 has a zoonotic source.”

Earlier this year, the Chinese government announced a ban on the consumption of meat from wild animals. The government has since promised new legislation and strict enforcement of the ban.

Besides the use of pangolin scales, the consumption of their meat is also a factor in trafficking. Certain types of TCM have also used pangolin blood. Experts expect revisions to the country’s wildlife protection law by 2021.

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China Just Removed Pangolins From Its Traditional Medicine List

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China just removed pangolin scales from the list of approved Chinese Medicines to protect the endangered animals from the wildlife trade.

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