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Pangolins are animals.

They have special scales, like fish.

People eat and sell pangolins.

This is a problem.

Now, there aren't many pangolins.

Juty Deh Jr works at Liberia's Libassa Wildlife Sanctuary.

Liberia has rules to help pangolins.

You can't catch or sell the animals.

But they're a traditional food.

Asian medicine uses pangolin scales too.

The scales are expensive.

They can sell for 350 dollars a kilogramme.

Liberia's poor after years of war, and the Ebola pandemic.

Many people in Liberia live on two dollars a day.

They aren't listening to the rules.

The Forestry Development Authority checks markets for pangolins.

Its Wildlife Crime Task Force is slowly changing habits.

But some people won't change.

Edward Appleton manages the task force.

The task force burns any pangolin meat and scales.

But the hunters and sellers need money.

They're angry.

They want help from the government.

They want other opportunities to work.

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