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Who is eating Uganda's shy wild animal?

On January 9, the Standards, Utilities and Wildlife Court at Makindye, presided over by Chief Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu, convicted a Chinese national, Pan Yi, 41, after he pleaded guilty to being in possession of pangolin meat, which was found packed in his fridge. 

Who is eating Uganda's shy wild animal?
By: Edward Anyoli and Davis Buyondo, Journalists @New Vision


Once revered in Buganda as a sacred totem, the pangolin is now vanishing from forests where it once quietly roamed. 

Despite its deep-rooted cultural importance as symbol of identity,

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Wildlife
Pangolin
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Utilities and Wildlife Court
Chief Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu
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