The Chinese pangolin is threatened foremost by poaching.[1] Chinese people eat its meat, and its scales are used as an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine. In the 1960s, about 170,000 to 180,000 Chinese pangolins were seized annually across the Chinese provinces Fujian, Hunan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunan and Guangdong.[8] The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in 2002 prohibited selling pangolins across national borders.