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The illegal trade in pangolins is increasing.
People hunt the animals.
Pangolin scales are sold too.
Their populations are decreasing fast.
Juty Deh Jr helps pangolins at Libassa Wildlife Sanctuary in Liberia.
Liberia's introduced laws to stop hunting.
It's banned the sale of pangolin scales too.
But it's both a traditional meat and now a financial resource.
Demand for pangolin scales in traditional Chinese medicine is high.
A kilo of scales is worth 350 dollars.
The economic situation in Liberia is bad.
The effects from civil wars and the Ebola pandemic continue, so the laws aren't very effective.
Half Liberia's people live on two dollars or less a day.
Liberia's Wildlife Crime Task Force searches markets.
They're looking for pangolins.
It's part of the Forestry Development Authority's plan, along with education.
Ideas are changing, says task force manager Edward Appleton.
If, there will always be law breakers, so, for us to do our job."
Any pangolin meat or scales which are found are burned.
This gets an angry response from hunters and sellers.
They're poor and need government support.
Then they, when the government is saying that they, we boy stop killing any bear or this animal, they have to open a avenue for to get a job, so can get money to sustain our home."
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