Photo: 14 Tons of Frozen Scaly Anteaters Seized in Indonesia

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A Malaysian customs officer holds a block of frozen pangolins seized amid a fish shipment at Port Klang on April 19, 2002.

On July 30 about 14 tons of frozen pangolins bound for China were intercepted in Indonesia—the latest indication of a skyrocketing demand for the species of Asian anteater.

Photograph by Reuters/Stringer Malaysia

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