Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, September 4, 2016
Article: A favorite on poachers' List
Writer: Ann M. Simmons
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1. They are an online group that raises global awareness of pangolins and the efforts to save them from extinction.
2. Yes, pangolins are solitary and nocturnal.
3. There are 8 species of pangolins.
4. Pangolins are located in Asia and Sub Sahara.
5. The pangolins' scales are made of keratin.
6. Keratin is the protein that forms human hair and fingernails.
7. Pangolins are yellowish brown to dark brown.
8. Pangolins eat ants and termites.
9. Jeff Flocken, North American Director for the International union for conservation of Nature said, "they have no relatives on the planet."
10. The 3 reasons pangolins are commercially poached are 1. their scales are used for traditional medicine, 2. scales can be made into fashion accessories, and 3. pangolins are eaten as a high-end cuisine.
11. Yes, pangolins have disappeared from China.
12. Yes, some pangolins exist in Vietnam and Thailand.
13. Crawford Allan is the Senior Director of Traffic.
14. Traffic is a wildlife trade monitoring network that works to ensure that trade in wild plants and animals poses no threat to nature conservation.
15. Poachers are independent trappers and crime syndicates.
16. 4.4 tons of pangolin scales were detected by Hong Kong Authorities.
17. The pangolin scales labeled "sliced plastics" were being imported from Cameroon.
18. Inger Andersen is the Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
19. The shipment was worth $1.25 million.
20. Lisa Hywood founded the Tikki Hywood Trust.
21. The Tikki Hywood Trust is based in Zimbabwe.
22. The Tikki Hywood Trust rescues pangolins by rehabilitating pangolins and releasing them back in the wild.
23. 84 pangolin poachers were arrested in Zimbabwe.
24. 47 pangolin poachers were convicted in Zimbabwe.
Reference:
http://www.latimes.com/la-bio-ann-simmons-staff.html
Date: Sunday, September 4, 2016
Article: A favorite on poachers' List
Writer: Ann M. Simmons
U-$0.10-B-0.006065-BE-17
Go to Questions
Go to 2016 Articles and Book Directory
Answer Key
1. They are an online group that raises global awareness of pangolins and the efforts to save them from extinction.
2. Yes, pangolins are solitary and nocturnal.
3. There are 8 species of pangolins.
4. Pangolins are located in Asia and Sub Sahara.
5. The pangolins' scales are made of keratin.
6. Keratin is the protein that forms human hair and fingernails.
7. Pangolins are yellowish brown to dark brown.
8. Pangolins eat ants and termites.
9. Jeff Flocken, North American Director for the International union for conservation of Nature said, "they have no relatives on the planet."
10. The 3 reasons pangolins are commercially poached are 1. their scales are used for traditional medicine, 2. scales can be made into fashion accessories, and 3. pangolins are eaten as a high-end cuisine.
11. Yes, pangolins have disappeared from China.
12. Yes, some pangolins exist in Vietnam and Thailand.
13. Crawford Allan is the Senior Director of Traffic.
14. Traffic is a wildlife trade monitoring network that works to ensure that trade in wild plants and animals poses no threat to nature conservation.
15. Poachers are independent trappers and crime syndicates.
16. 4.4 tons of pangolin scales were detected by Hong Kong Authorities.
17. The pangolin scales labeled "sliced plastics" were being imported from Cameroon.
18. Inger Andersen is the Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
19. The shipment was worth $1.25 million.
20. Lisa Hywood founded the Tikki Hywood Trust.
21. The Tikki Hywood Trust is based in Zimbabwe.
22. The Tikki Hywood Trust rescues pangolins by rehabilitating pangolins and releasing them back in the wild.
23. 84 pangolin poachers were arrested in Zimbabwe.
24. 47 pangolin poachers were convicted in Zimbabwe.
Reference:
http://www.latimes.com/la-bio-ann-simmons-staff.html
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