Pangolin scale trafficking on the rise as authorities focus on big mammals
According to a 2019 report from the African Wildlife Foundation, as much as 2.7 million pangolins are poached annually across the world. In Nepal, police seized over 244 kilograms of pangolin scales in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023/24.
Bangladeshi Ambassador to Nepal, Md. Shafiqur Rahman, paid a courtesy call on Vice President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav at the latter's office in Lainchaur today.