Shy, cute, covered in scales -- the adorable pangolin seems like an
imaginary animal. But they’re real, and they’re the most trafficked animal
on the planet! Now a new report says Facebook is making it worse, letting
traffickers sell pangolin parts right on their platform! This disturbing
trade has to stop: [ [link removed] ]Take Action!


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John,

Pangolins look almost like they sprung from the imagination of a small
child; they’re covered in scales and roll up in a little ball when they’re
scared.

But they’re real — and they’re the most trafficked animal on the planet!
Up to 2.7 million of these little guys are murdered every year by poachers
hoping to profit off butchering them and selling their parts to
traditional medicine shops.

Now a new report says Facebook is making it worse, letting traffickers
sell pangolin parts right on their platform!

This madness has to stop. Facebook is already signed on to an
international coalition to stop this kind of trafficking, so all they have
to do is enforce their own rules. Let’s up the stakes with a massive
international campaign:

[ [link removed] ]Click to tell Facebook to shut down its disturbing pangolin trade

It’s bad enough that this extinction-threatened animal is slaughtered in
the millions for its meat and parts. Even worse, pangolins are considered
to have a possible connections to the Covid-19 outbreak and may host other
coronaviruses that could pose a threat to humans!

So this isn’t *just* a trafficking threat, it’s a global health threat
too.

Facebook’s community standards ban the sale of endangered species, but
report investigators didn’t have to look very hard. They just searched
translations of the word “pangolin” in different languages and found
listing after listing!

The ongoing sale of pangolins on Facebook even with this heightened
attention on the animal is just another example of Facebook’s inability —
or unwillingness — to police its platform and block illegal activity.
Let’s tell them we’ve had enough:

[ [link removed] ]Click to tell Facebook to stop helping wildlife traffickers

Facebook made almost $20 billion last year — they can afford to ensure
that their own health and safety policies are strictly followed. Yet over
and over again we see them trying to get away with lax enforcement. Good
thing our community is so good at holding corporate giants to account.



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Thanks for all that you do,
Danny and the team at SumOfUs


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Illegal trade in pangolins keeps growing as criminal networks expand
National Geographic, February 11, 2020
[ [link removed] ]Facebook allowing pangolin sales Tech Transparency Project, May 6, 2020

 

 

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