Indonesian government workers bury 5 tons of dead pangolin they confiscated from a smuggler in Medan Marelan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. Once widespread, the shy and defenseless anteater is being vacuumed up for sale largely in China, where many believe it can cure an array of ailments and boost sexual prowess. From fields and forests to Chinese cooking pots and medicine vials, the industrial-scale trade is propelled along similar trafficking routes for tigers, turtles, bears, snakes and other mostly endangered species across Asia.
Binsar Bakkara Associated Press