Reuters AlertNet Full site
Homepage | Newsdesk | NGO Latest | Crisis briefings | Country profiles | MediaWatch | Jobs | Alerting | Login

NEWSDESK

Indonesia finds huge haul of endangered pangolins
05 Aug 2008 13:04:55 GMT
 Source: Reuters
JAKARTA, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Police have found 14 tonnes of frozen pangolins, the largest-ever seizure of the endangered animals in Indonesia, after a raid on the island of Sumatra, conservation groups said on Tuesday.

Police had arrested 14 people after the animals were found stored in containers in a warehouse, the Wildlife Conservation Society and TRAFFIC said in a statement.

"The pangolins were packed and ready for export to China via seaports in Sumatra and Java," the conservation groups quoted Indonesian Police Commissioner Didid Widjanardi as saying after the raid in Palembang in South Sumatra.

The solitary and nocturnal ant eater is found only in Asia and Africa. Its meat is considered a delicacy for some, its scaly skin can be made into handbags and shoes, and its scales and blood are used in Chinese medicine to treat allergies and sexually transmitted disease. (Additional reporting by Evelyn Djuwidja, Writing by Ed Davies; Editing by Paul Tait)


AlertNet news is provided by
Email this article       Send comments

NGO latest

•  CWS appeal: China earthquake (updated)
CWS

•  ACT Appeal: Cap. Building & Disaster RR/Management, Indonesia
ACT - Switzerland

•  UMCOR Hotline for July 22, 2008
UMCOR - USA

•  Norwegian surgical unit arrives in China
Red Cross - Norway

•  Aid worker diary: helping children walk out of darkness and into happiness
World Vision - Asia Pacific

MORE >>

Latest news

•  Indonesia finds huge haul of endangered pangolins

•  Olympics-Torch tours quake zone, next stop Be

•  Olympics-West China attack suspects "bent on jihad"

•  Bush arrives in Seoul, anti-U.S. protest fizzles

•  FEATURE-Coal's future is safe - but what about the climate?

MORE >>

AlertNet news is provided by

Related articles

Breaking stories
 Indonesia finds huge haul of endangered pangolins (1 minute ago)

Olympics-Torch tours quake zone, next stop Be (1 minute ago)

AlertNet insight
 How can aid agencies tackle corruption? (1 minute ago)

Aid agency news feed
 CWS appeal: China earthquake (updated) (1 minute ago)

Blogs
 Listening out for disasters on Aceh local radio (1 minute ago)

Maps
 Tropical storm Kammuri (1 minute ago)


Country information

Facts & figures
Indonesia China

Del.icio.us Del.icio.us  |   Digg Digg  |   NewsVine NewsVine  |   Reddit Reddit   
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-08-05T122039Z_01_JAK06_RTRIDSP_2_INDONESIA-PROTEST_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/JAK06.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-08-05T105757Z_01_NIR14_RTRIDSP_2_OLYMPICS-XINJIANG_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/NIR14.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-08-05T104521Z_01_NIR13_RTRIDSP_2_OLYMPICS-XINJIANG_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/NIR13.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-08-05T103516Z_01_NIR11_RTRIDSP_2_OLYMPICS-XINJIANG_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/NIR11.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-08-05T103217Z_01_NIR10_RTRIDSP_2_OLYMPICS-XINJIANG_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/NIR10.htm

Christian Papuans sing a religious song during a protest in Jayapura of the Indonesia Papua province August 5, 2008. About 1,000 Papuan rally on Tuesday against Indonesian government's plan to implement ...


More pictures | Galleries
Disclaimers |  Copyright |  Privacy |  Contact Us |  Feedback |  About Us |  RSS XML

Last updated:Tue Aug 5 13:08:10 2008