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Pangolin pills for sale in a pharmacy ( Apotik ), Indonesia. At least a dozen online stores on Pinduoduo, the third-largest Chinese e-commerce platform, have been found to be selling pangolin products, the world’s most trafficked mammal.

Sales of raw pangolin scales, which are said in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce swelling and increase lactation and blood circulation, have been banned by China’s State Forestry Administration since 2007, except at designated hospitals and approved pharmaceutical companies.

But the South China Morning Post found that pills and scales of this endangered creature were available on the e-commerce site. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images

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Pangolin pills for sale in a pharmacy ( Apotik ), Indonesia. At least a dozen online stores on Pinduoduo, the third-largest Chinese e-commerce platform, have been found to be selling pangolin products, the world’s most trafficked mammal.<br /> <br /> Sales of raw pangolin scales, which are said in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce swelling and increase lactation and blood circulation, have been banned by China’s State Forestry Administration since 2007, except at designated hospitals and approved pharmaceutical companies.<br /> <br /> But the South China Morning Post found that pills and scales of this endangered creature were available on the e-commerce site. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images