{"id":57748,"date":"2023-04-20T13:24:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T13:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=57748"},"modified":"2023-04-20T13:26:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T13:26:58","slug":"pangolins-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/04\/pangolins-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Pangolins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A beautiful elegant soul<br \/>\nLives and breathes<br \/>\nAll over Asia and Africa known<br \/>\nAs a Pangolin an Ant Eater<br \/>\nToothless with scales<br \/>\nWalks with an attractive gait<br \/>\nBut Sadly fails<br \/>\nIn the protective region<br \/>\nAll it can do<br \/>\nIs roll up in a ball<br \/>\nWhich sadly is true<br \/>\nIt\u2019s enemies pick it up<br \/>\nKill it, and they<br \/>\nUse its scales and it\u2019s flesh<br \/>\nmake the Pangolin pay<br \/>\nFor its glorious existence<br \/>\nThat\u2019s what we see<br \/>\nA victim emerging<br \/>\nThroughout History.<\/p>\n<p>Traditional Medicine<br \/>\nChina of course<br \/>\nLong established knowledge<br \/>\nReally a force<br \/>\nTo contend with<br \/>\nFrom ages past<br \/>\nWhen usage became<br \/>\nA directional cast<br \/>\nHerbal as well<br \/>\nAs animal parts<br \/>\nFor the  Pangolin hell<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s scales ground up<br \/>\nInto a dust<br \/>\nIt is said are good for the skin<br \/>\nFor  sexual prowess<br \/>\nAilments that matter<br \/>\nThat do provide stress<br \/>\nFor many centuries<br \/>\nApparently<br \/>\nThe Pangolin has suffered<br \/>\nBut it does seem to me<br \/>\nAny excuse<br \/>\nA regiversation<br \/>\nA change of allegiance<br \/>\nAn alteration<br \/>\nI am revulsed by the wholesale slaughter<br \/>\nCarried out by the ignorant<br \/>\nPoacher who ought to<br \/>\nUse more discretion<br \/>\nAnd more realisation<br \/>\nFor  the Pangolin\u2019s scales<br \/>\nCannot save the nation<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s wicked to say so<br \/>\nIt\u2019s iniquituous too<br \/>\nThere are no secret substances<br \/>\nThere that can do<br \/>\nWhat is described<br \/>\nIn pursuit of a cure<br \/>\nIneffectualness inanity seems<br \/>\nAs incompetence grows<br \/>\nThere isn\u2019t a means<br \/>\nTo an end except Pangolins<br \/>\nBecoming extinct<br \/>\nAnd with the vast numbers<br \/>\nThat really are linked.<\/p>\n<p>Countries involved<br \/>\nSumatra indonesia<br \/>\nPalawan Malaysia<br \/>\nIndia<br \/>\nthailand<br \/>\nCambodia<br \/>\nPhilippines<br \/>\nMyanmar<br \/>\nLaos<br \/>\nChina<br \/>\nVietna<br \/>\nAnd AFrica<br \/>\nWholesale price 760 dollars per kilo<br \/>\nBeing sold in China towns all around the World<br \/>\nDespite a CITES ban in 2002<br \/>\nBargaining power  i Pangolin equals 5 Am-47\u3001rifles\u3002<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A beautiful elegant soul Lives and breathes All over Asia and Africa known As a Pangolin an Ant Eater Toothless with scales Walks with an attractive gait But Sadly fails In the protective region All it can do Is roll &hellip; 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