Thai customs officials seized 122 pangolins, a scaly animal, on Friday morning (November 22) as they were being smuggled from Indonesia and Malaysia bound for China and Vietnam.<br/> <br />Several species of the mammal have been designated as endangered and any trade is banned by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).<br/> <br />Thai customs seized the pangolins at Prachuap Khiri Khan, a province about 300 kilometres (185 miles) southwest of Bangkok.<br/> <br />Thai customs officials said, pangolins are one of the most illegally trafficked mammals in Asia.<br/> <br />Pangolin meat is considered a delicacy in China and their scales believed to hold medicinal properties.
