by Shreya Dasgupta on
1 September 2017
In a video, martial arts action
star Jackie Chan urges people to never buy pangolin meat or scale.
"When the buying stops, the
killing can too," he says.
Conservationists hope that Chan
will help reduce consumption of pangolins by reaching a wider audience across
Asia, especially China and Vietnam.
Martial arts superstar Jackie
Chan has joined the fight to stop the poaching of the world’s most trafficked
mammal — the pangolin or scaly anteater.
In a video entitled “Kung Fu
Pangolin” released by conservation organizations WildAid and The Nature
Conservancy, Jackie Chan tries to teach pangolins kung fu to protect themselves
from poachers and urges people to never buy pangolin meat or scale. “When the
buying stops, the killing can too,” he says.
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