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Extinction: The Facts

The massive demand in Asiafor pangolin scales is driving the decimationof pangolins

The massive demand in Asia
for pangolin scales is driving the decimation
of pangolins

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The massive demand in Asia for pangolin scales
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is driving the decimation of pangolins.
Duration
8 seconds
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15
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:18
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
BBC Studios

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With a million species at risk of extinction, Sir David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, threatening food and water security, undermining our ability to control our climate and even putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases.
Traders claim that they have medicinal purposes, - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
Traders claim that they have medicinal purposes,
The numbers of African pangolin scales that have been intercepted - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
The numbers of African pangolin scales that have been interc...
Last year, 2019, it was just over 100 tonnes of scales. - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
Last year, 2019, it was just over 100 tonnes of scales.
That's 175,000 pangolins - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
That's 175,000 pangolins
We work closely with law enforcement officials. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
We work closely with law enforcement officials.
This little pangolin came in off the trade, - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
This little pangolin came in off the trade,
This pangolin's still got the little white tips at the end of each scale - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
This pangolin's still got the little white tips at the ...
I have seen video footage of them being boiled alive. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
I have seen video footage of them being boiled alive.
It's extremely distressing to see how these animals are killed. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
It's extremely distressing to see how these animals are...
Last year, when Covid-19 first emerged, - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
Last year, when Covid-19 first emerged,
And everybody hoped that this would cut down the trade straight away, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
And everybody hoped that this would cut down the trade strai...
The trade is highly profitable and it's unlikely to stop. - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
The trade is highly profitable and it's unlikely to sto...
There are four Asian pangolin species and four African. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
There are four Asian pangolin species and four African.
And all eight species are threatened with extinction. - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
And all eight species are threatened with extinction.
There is another huge trade that is driving - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
There is another huge trade that is driving
We have created a database that has world fisheries statistics, - Extinction: The Facts 00:18
We have created a database that has world fisheries statisti...
In the last 40 years, - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
In the last 40 years,
At any one time, there could be as many as 100,000 trawlers - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
At any one time, there could be as many as 100,000 trawlers
Modern fishing is an industrial operation run by huge corporations, - Extinction: The Facts 00:11
Modern fishing is an industrial operation run by huge corpor...
Some sweep up the ground with a net that might be as big as this house. - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
Some sweep up the ground with a net that might be as big as ...