The shipment was worth nearly $39 million.
A conservation group is outraged at the seizure of what is believed to be the largest ever shipment of pangolin scales. Around 36,000 of the endangered mammals were killed for the shipment from Nigeria which was stopped in Singapore en route to Vietnam, which has the world’s second largest market for the scaly ant eaters, The New York Times reported.
Seized endangered pangolin scales are displayed during a press conference at the Kwai Chung Customhouse Cargo Examination Compound in Hong Kong on February 1, 2019. Singapore customs made the biggest ever seizure of the endangered animal. ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images There are no details yet of any arrests. The maximum penalty for the illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or two years’ jail, Singapore customs said in the statement.
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