Assertion: pangolin's scale | /r/ObjectUse | used in traditional medicine
Facets:
value: as fashion accessories
type: MANNER
value: for various ailments
type: PURPOSE
value: for jewellery
type: PURPOSE
value: despite no evidence
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Despite protections, in some parts of Asia, including China and Vietnam, pangolin meat is considered a delicacy and its scales are used in traditional medicine, despite no evidence that the scales cure anything.
text: Scales are used in traditional medicines and for jewellery, particularly in East and South East Asia, and the meat is consumed across Africa and Asia as a subsistence and delicacy status food.
text: They are eaten as bush meat and the scales are used in traditional medicin known as ‘
text: Pangolins, the world's only scaly mammal, have long been valued for their meat, viewed as a delicacy in some Asian countries, and scales, used for traditional medicine, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
text: Pangolins are declining throughout their range due to increasing demand for their meat, which is eaten as a luxury dish in some places, and their scales and other body parts, which are used in many traditional medicines.
text: According to the wildlife trade monitoring organization Traffic, an estimated one million pangolins were poached from 2000 through 2013—mainly for their scales, used in traditional medicine.
text: Their meat is considered a delicacy, and their scales are used in traditional medicine.
text: It is hunted for its meat, and for the scales, used in traditional medicine.
text: Pangolins are commercially poached because their scales can be used in traditional medicine, as fashion accessories and eaten as a high-end cuisine.
text: They are prized primarily for their scales which are used in traditional medicine and as fashion accessories and they are also killed for their meat which is considered a luxury food in some parts of the world.
text: Their scales are used in traditional medicine, while their meat is bought on the black market for consumption.
text: This scaly mammal eaten as a delicacy while the unique scales is used in traditional medicine.
text: Other than the meat, which is a delicacy in certain Asian cultures, the Philippine Pangolin is hunted for their scales, organs, and skin, which are used in traditional medicine.
text: Pangolins are traded for their scales, which are used in traditional medicines.
text: Pangolins are sought after in China and Vietnam, where the meat is considered a delicacy and the scales are used in traditional medicines for various ailments (although there is no evidence of their efficacy).