A pangolin being kept at a farm in Tay Ninh Province. Photo credit: ENVConservationists have criticized the Tay Ninh Forest Protection Agency for illegally licensing many families to raise pangolins in the southern province. Many scientists have opposed the idea of farming pangolins. Recently many families in Tay Ninh have managed to obtain licenses to farm Javan and Chinese pangolins. “It is for commercial purposes and violates laws on protecting endangered and rare wild species,” Bui Thi Ha, deputy director of conservation NGO Education for Nature – Vietnam, told the media.

Source: Thanhnien News July 23, 2016 03:33 UTC