In this June 19, 2014 file photo, a pangolin carries its baby at a Bali zoo in Bali, Indonesia. The haul included about 1,800 boxes full of frozen pangolins stuffed inside three refrigerated containers, 572 more frozen pangolins in six freezers, 61 live pangolins in cages, and 361 kilogrammes of pangolin scales, according to police. The Southeast Asian nation is battling to clamp down on rampant poaching and smuggling of pangolins, the world's most heavily trafficked mammal. Traffic, a Malaysia-based group that monitors wildlife smuggling around the region, said it was the "biggest such bust Malaysia has seen to date". Malaysia regularly foils attempts to smuggle pangolins and their parts out of the country but usually on a far smaller scale.

Source: Bangkok Post February 12, 2019 06:22 UTC