There is high demand for pangolins in countries like China and Vietnam, as well as their meat and scales, which are used in traditional medicine. The large-scale illegal trade in Asian pangolins is drastically driving
down their numbers, and pangolin trafficking is now huge (and illegal) business. The pangolin is now classified as Vulnerable to Critically Endangered.
World Pangolin Day is celebrated every third Saturday in February to raise awareness
about this shy, elusive mammal covered in hard scales from tip to tail. A new hub for the illegal trade of the world's most trafficked mammal is - the Internet.