Inside the Global Underground Wildlife Trafficking Market
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2021
- In this first episode of 'Bad Goods', VICE News dives deep into illegal pangolin trafficking in Nigeria and China.
'Bad Goods' is a documentary series for Vice News looking at the worldwide illicit trade market, from wildlife trafficking, counterfeit item selling and sand mining. It will follow key people, from enforcement to traffickers, at the heart of the trade and explore what is behind the demand for illicit products.
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I love how the hunter complains about a lack of Pangolin when literally he is the reason why
😂🤞
He's just trying to make a living tho
@@gregorrigobert5744 yeah a living driving an entire species into extinction for bs fake medicine. he could make a living doing something that isn't massacring endangered species. there is no excuse.
@B12 Deficient yeah I understand that argument, but I don’t think that hunting and killing an exotic species is the same as manufactured and farmed animal meat. Cows, pigs, chickens, goats, etc., are not going extinct bc of hunting or the black market trade for these animals. Pangolins, on the other hand, are being massacred and their population is being desecrated bc of these malpractices. Again, I understand where you’re coming from, but it’s really not the same.
if you think the hunter is the reason then you are far from the problem..
Governments: we can't catch wildlife Poachers
VICE: we can take a whole film crew film the crime
*can pay to take a whole film crew to film the crime
The info they spread is the best they can do.
True
Vice is like the middle man of how this stuff comes to light and it put together. They don't have thousands of journalists on payroll scattered across the globe. They present their work to vice and are paid for it.
They are all actors disguised as poachers and poaching toys and tomato sauce.
"If man does not show mercy for what is beneath him, how does he expect mercy from what is above him"
♥️
Indeed....
EXACTLY, only we don't know what's next.
Wonderfully said
"The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.”
M K Gandhi
everything was fine in comments until I meet your one . you should have better used someone else quotes or may be not have his used his name . M K GHANDI was the same person who was really abrasive towards those indigent AFRICANS , called them KAFF*RS , apparently a derogatory term , called for separation of Africans because he thought they were disease ridden
@@lokeshsharma7907 he did lot more good then bad.
No one is perfect.
If you understand him, you'll know how great mk Gandhi ji was. Even india just exist because of gandhi ji otherwise it was going in the chaos of WW2.
Peace be upon his soul.
@@inamdarsaquib9528 he did nothing just run around and decived peoples
@@lokeshsharma7907 better he did something more than your great father's
Peace ✌️
Not enough for one person's greed*
*Literally any wild animal exists
Traditional Chinese Medicine:Yes
💀💀💀
Sadly that's the truth
They should be punished for it, their traditional BS got us COVID-19 too.
@@navigation4653 they will be. let the pandemic subside first. they're screwed this time
It’s a evil scam that exploit the rich ignorant buyers at the expense of the poor animals. The blame should be on the lack of proper education… don’t let the word “tradition” fool you. The so called cultural practice should be firmly judged by objectivity and science, all gimmicky nonsense must be purged.
The work that woman and her team is doing has not gone unnoticed to me. Commendable work
Wish the best for Nigeria if there is one country to save Africa from misery it might be it.
I agree as well. Pangolin have been my favorite animal since I was a child it hurts to see them almost wiped out for no good reason. Eastern medicine is not a good reason
@@traviskeller3641 its time they stop their beliefs & start trusting modern day medicine
@@misak_ying8127 I agree and through education I believe that change can be made and that these curious social animals can thrive once more in their perspective natural environment . if a man needs to get hard they need to seek a Dr regaurding viagra or similar medication rather than harvesting the scales of these awesome little animals that have no evidence of having any type of impact on sexual performance.
@@traviskeller3641 yes,indeed
Asia: We killed all our infinite supply of pangolins. Hey Africa, can we get some?
Africa: Sure, they are infinite here.
What's funny is that the pangolin scales are mostly just keratin. Chinese people could just save their finger and toe nail clippings (which is also keratin) and use that in their potions.
💀💀💀💀😂😂😂😂
Or hair
Haven’t they learned from the China virus
I want you to know that not all Asians behave like Chinese
They ignorant. They’ll never learn
Kudos to whoever produced this. Must of been so much working getting access to all these people. Really incredible short doccy.
The dealiest and most vicious animal on this Planet?
-The human.
It's actually the mosquito jfyi
How insightful!!!!!
You plank
agreed
The animal kingdom is pretty ruthless and unforgivable if you think hard enough
@@oriplaydirty So is man.
The pangolins looked really cute, and were quite docile for wild animals. They don't bite because they don't have any teeth (I googled it). It's so sad what it's happening to them, getting hunted like that, specially pangolins being such sweet mannered animals.
according to u killing of "unsweet" animals is justfied. kill all the tigers you want no?
@@adityaoka1527 No. I'm pretty sure she means it's even more of a shame to hurt a harmless animal. It's like killing a baby.
Pangolins mind their own damn business so you won’t see them rummaging through your garbage looking for food like bears and raccoons. They only eat pests like insects, so killing them for their scales seems pretty stupid
@@ha231 pretty sure you’re spot on 😉 they are just looking for an argument clearly 🙄🤦🏽♀️
@@adityaoka1527 relax 🤣🤣🤣
"If we cut down all the trees, remove all animals, then we're alone in the world..."
The Nigerian government has abdicated its responsibility to care for its people, forcing them to choose between starvation and killing Pangolin. The Chinese and Vietnamese don't "need" Pangolin for anything other than status and an uneducated belief in the magical power of Keratin. When Pangolin need armed guards to survive, we must look inward to reassess our humanity. 🤯
Completely heartbreaking watching how they tie them up from their little legs. :(
That was sickening. My heart hurt for that creature.
@@JolleanSmith same. They are heartless humans!
This is the form of slavery that has lasted the longest... children and animals the last to be freed...
Yeah it was cute but mostly sad to see it trying to walk away but tied by the foot.
@@usamakureshy do you eat meat???
Poverty and ignorance are a dangerous thing.
The dealiest and most vicious animal on this Planet? The: *HUMAN*
@@joelpetersen2480 Deadliest? Yeah, most vicious? No, not only is saying that stupid because you're regurgitating the same garbage everyone else does but it's also dangerous because it's missing the point, humans don't hunt these animals because we enjoy it, or because of some arbitary, inherent evil in us, we hunt them because of greed, ignoring that will only cause more damage. The more you repeat ''muh hooman evil'' the less anyone will do anything about this, because it's very easy to just pretend that we're too stupid to fix things, and a lot harder to actually get out there and try to make a change, wallowing in self pity and self hatred does you no credit, nor does it help endangered animals.
Also I dare you to go face to face with a grizzly and tell me you're more vicious than it, you won't survive the ordeal.
@@HandleMyBallsRUclips Exactly!
The CCPis not impoverished.
@@PathOfAvraham not it's not, just lots of ignorant folk there.
Wildlife deserves to be wild living among us like the universe intended. This world is sick
The hunters are simply not intelligent. Pangolins shed their scales regularly, you can collect them, breed them and sweep and collect the scales they shed, that way it's legal.
They don't need restrictions, they need an education.
And their guns taken from them.
Cant breed wild animals, they usually die in captivity
Taking guns won’t help the problem😂😂 they will just use crossbows/ arrows, or spears, or they will use traps like most hunters. They need re-education on this, and wildlife laws thats are being PROPERLY ENFORCED. This will stop or atleast slow it down
They literally say in the video that pangolins die in captivity, they need their natural habitats to survive
@@OfficialMuffiin easy solution, track pangolins to get their shed scales. No need to kill them, just follow them and search the forest floor for scales.
@@julialungan4722 you just mad 😅😅
As a Nigerian it breaks my heart every time I see the ignorance about the importance of wildlife conservation in the mass population 😭😔.Imagine threatening an entire species for less than $10.This was really hard to watch.
I agree with you so sad 😢
Unfortunatly he needs to support his family, and 10 dollars goes a hugely long way, I'm sure.
@@darrentong322 who cared
China and Vietnam send hunters to Cambodia the most . All the animals in Cambodia are endangered and some are extinct. That's why the gods gave the whole world coronavirus and the indigenous Cambodians are healthy
@@darrentong322 So that gives someone cause to render an entire species extinct?
Pangolin is literally one of the cutest animals on the planet. Amazing little thing! Love them, appreciate them but never kill them 😢
YESS!!
I had no idea what it was but yessss omgosh soooo cute! How it curls up into a wee ball, oh my heart
In Kenya, the Kenya Wildlife Service has made tremendous efforts to protect our wildlife this far, no wonder we are still a great tourist attraction country . 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪❤️❤️❤️
In a parallel universe pangolins are hunting chinese for their nails
Poverty. Poverty drives the hunting of these. As the man said, going into the jungle is dangerous. He would not be doing it if he did not have to. You hear him thank his God several times. He needs this to survive. He doesn't know of another way to survive (and don't go into all the jobs he can do, he is not in the privileged situation to speculate. He is trying to survive). In order to reduce the poaching, reducing the need for people to hunt these vulnerable species, you have to address poverty.
Employing the former hunters to protect the areas they used to hunt in might be a viable solution, but that takes investment from the country.
Yes but we can't rule out greed, egos and false medical treatment beliefs. Greed, more so, on the part of the "middle men" and the end consumer.
I swear some of the richest people are some of the most stupid and oblivious beings to have ever disgraced this earth.
Poverty is why the hunter does it, but the money comes from only one source, as the hunter even explained: China. Before that artificial demand for superstitutious benefits, pangolin wasnt worth much at all.
THIS THIS THIS
Yeah no, if that was the case, they wouldn’t be killing so many. It’s easy money. No justification here. The problem is the demand. These guys just eat all up, not giving a single damn about the life they stepped on. Poachers should be exterminated on sight
New Eden did you even watch the video at all
In Sri Lanka, killing an endangered animal can get you sentenced to life.
What happens if it's accidental like it runs infront of your car
@@Mike01029 probably the same thing when you kill someone by accident it’s a different charge
The people buying it should be sentenced to life. Cut off demand then there is no reason to supply. Those demanding are much better off than those providing
@@lolprodigy9458 Yeah, like little fine.
Sri lanka is a chinese colony
Releasing rocky back to the forest is like handing him directly in the hands of the hunters
It was released into a protected forest area where our released Pangolins thrive and breed. It is safe now!
I love how much they care. The first question the vet/specialist asks is "what's his name?". Genuine passion, love it.
Trafficking wildlife should get 7 years+ prison sentence.
And that's being generous
From what I see in this video , these guys are literally trading those animals openly , shows that no one is even getting sentenced for even a year
No, it should get you a bullet from a conservation officer or park ranger.
Almost every day you have indonesian news talking about illegal trade of pangolins and sea turtles, and the smuggler almost always try to send them into china. Yes the problem is superstitious belief of rich people in china
Yahh
The smashing on the ground just hit me. 😭.
So heartbreaking to see how that buyer killed that pangolin
This is horrible, they literally eat anything and say it has benefits when its not even proven.... just sickening , those poor animals
The normal average people eat meat, chicken, honey but they farm them that is in a way protect them
They can eat whatever they want but they should breed or farm, that is, take care of those animals which they need
Therecountryneverevovledtheyarestillwalkingcavemen.
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@@ghazalaansari9283 They have tried to farm pangolins for this purpose, but there has been zero successful breeding farms for pangolins. They do not survive in captivity and cannot be farmed.
@@ghazalaansari9283 I really don't think the argument here is whether killing a pangolin is the same as killing a cow or a chicken. Irrespective of cultural factors, the trading of the Pangolin is illegal and that's the end of the discussion. No one forced the countries that signed to do so, so if they signed then they should enforce the law they agreed to.
Zoologist deserve more credit for the work they do for the environment
Good piece. Nice to see the rehabilitation & research efforts in Nigeria.
Thank you VICE for creating important films like this that bring the dark world of wildlife trafficking, especially pangolin scale trafficking, to the public eye. When more of the world knows what's happening and decide to take action, we can have a bigger effect on putting an end to it!
This broke my heart. We don’t deserve this planet.
Then you are free to go Mars 😂😂😂
@@anupamsatpathi2071take her there
This is why aliens haven't made contact
They're like "yea you guys got some stuff you gotta figure out before we say hi lol"
In fakt they did... But it wasn't our mistake that their reproduction organs could lower the human blood pressure... But we are still on the search for more extraterrestrial life👽👽👽
They gunna make traditional Chinese medicine with the aliens
Rocky is so precious 🥺
So sad that these animals are being hunted down for money.… especially when there is so few of them left….
Same with rhinos
Poachers and traffickers should be put to the wall
Do you happen to be quoting F is for Family?😂😂
@Mona DeLeon why wouldn’t he? Are they special to you?
Why do so much work? Put a bullet in them and be done.
@@secondplace kill the poor Hunter?
Justice Henry Damian they are not hunters, they are poachers.
Just one video like this shows us how effed up the world we live in is.
Oh, I'm thankful to see the nuances of this story to why people traffic animals and how they do this. This is how humans treat the earth's other inhabitants, especially those that may not bring forth life from the body. This neglects come from so many areas - govt, business, community. And I'm thankful to those caring people what want to get the story out so that we do something about it.
This needs to be talked about more!!!!!
Anyone else get the PMI impact ad about stopping illegal trade for every ad during this video?
Remember that wildlife trafficking is not limited to butchering and selling animal parts/meat - animals are likewise sold off alive to be bought as exotic pets. Don't support social media where people keep slow loris, kinkajous, wild cats, rare wild-caught exotic reptiles, etc. They may be cute but they suffer as individuals and as a species when they are taken from their habitat for our enjoyment.
So infuriating. Every single day 10 more primates or other small wildlife pops up on social media and it's sickening. I will never understand looking at a cute monkey and thinking "OMG I totally want to force one to wear a diaper and clothes and sentence them to live in my home." It's disturbing. Not to mention, 99% of the people obtaining them are too stupid to own one. It drives me crazy.
The way those pangolins are being treated break my heart. 💔 Also how tf are their scales gonna cure cancer. The stupidity is wow
The pangolins little face just tied up broke my heart so much 😔we really don’t deserve this planet
World together has to do something about pangolins, they shouldn't be going extinct.
True I'd never even heard of them till adverts started popping up on TV no animal should b wiped out by humans it's awful coz we could stop it there lovely looking lil things 2 I see tho sum people really need the money
The world will come together only under the Antichrist and there will be only a few more years until everything will be depleted ... And then .. The Revelation of our deeds will prevail and our eyes will be wide open and we will understand what we had done and we will cry with bitter tears and ask : " How can there be nothing anymore ? " .
@@Kenabukanyo the rapture is coming n I'm with jesus n good with triumph over evil God bless 1 love 🙏❤
Why? What is the point? How is it different than an any dying?
Unfortunately the conversation goes like this....
World: "Cut that out China, you're acting like a bunch of savages."
China: "Do you want a source of cheap labor? Or do you want $9,000 TVs"
World still reliant upon slave labor: "who said anything about pangolins?"
And that's basically how the conversation goes when China is doing anything unfavorable.
Keep it up Vice this is what we wanna see🔥
@Nica or just watch Vice from my bedroom. What’s easier? 🤖🤖
My heart goes out to Rocky ❤️
Respect to voice news and respect to the people working in conservation.
the pangolins are so cute, it's sad they're getting killed into extinction..
Yeah, its because of the Chinese and Western people. They want money.
Blame China
@@osas201 yep they ruin everything they see, they think its food.
Vice news good job
Instead of stopping and educating them The legendary VICE channel goes on to channelize it wow
VICE thank you. But I just couldn't watch anymore after 9:45'. Almost broke out in tears!
I'll give that hunter $100 per pangolin to keep it safe.
Am a hunter I will appreciate that
@@uzochukwuayamah5791 where?
@@walkeritis Nigeria
Vice is by far THE BEST news outlet out there, seriously, better than all the big media companies combined.
Thank you for this :,)
Damn vice be everywhere God damn
I am Chinese, this video made me sad:( i really wish our country can completely ban pangolins medicine, animals and humans can coexist and be friendly 🙏🏽
What about evil CCP who spread corona
I’m Chinese, and I agree with you. This is heartbreaking.
What a beautiful /cute animal but I'd never think about eating one, sad to think of all the animals that us (humans) have killed, it has to STOP
It's so good to know that pangolins are been protected from going into extinction. They are also beautiful creatures.
Those videos should be seen for more people
Vice back at it again! Back to the basics
This documentary is very good, very interesting !
The way that meat seller smashed the pangolin to the ground to kill it got me cringing,,, some people are heartless (at 9:46)
Oh man, watching that poor little guy tied up by his foot :(
First. And this is great that vice is doing documentaries like these again.
You have really truly won my heart ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This type of real WILDLIFE DOCs
Hats off to you VICE
This hurts my soul man
They’re so cute how could you harm such a harmless little animal:(
When you goes weeks without food and someone comes and Offer you money for animal you will do it. Don’t blame the hunter Blame China
Long live rocky he's a little cutie ain't he
Who was the mastermind that tells the Chinese to use animals parts as a medicines???
there god the pray to
It’s the scammers that continue to mystify “ancient alchemy” and advertise these anti-science garbage as modern “health products” aka a big part of the supplements industry. Using the “exotic” is just a marketing gimmick to lure ignorant new money to blow their wealth on empty promises…
Are you sure it was our ancestors? I have taken traditional Chinese medicine before and NEVER have we taken Rhino Horns, Pangolin Scales, Tiger whatever.... blah blah organs. Most of them are herbs that taste really bitter. I am pretty sure someone propagated the rumor that these animal parts are somewhat helpful to drive sales. It is dishonest and unethical.
Greed and stupidity.
As a Chinese I can tell you that there are plenty of other herbs that can substitute things like pangolins scales, tiger bones, shark fins, and rhino horns. But people refuse to use them because they want to show off their social status and how wealthy they are. Those ignorants are the one to be blamed. And the only way to solve this problem is via education.
Pangolins are awesome, it's very sad what is happening to them.
My arm hairs raise. You guys are all we have these days. Used to do art for you when you were all still a punk mag moving into the skater phase and the the dead end. You still have that core I always loved
This is sad to see this kind of act,breaks my heart.
What about human trafficking that dont bother you?
But you wasn't sad when the Europeans and Americans took millions of human beings out of Africa to work as slave
@@MB-sj2yu It bothers me everything what is inhuman,but this video was about wildlife poaching.
@@rick6672 Did I say something about that?
Danm Vice! I see you guys. You guys are legit again
I cried watching this since I'm an animal and nature lover🥺😭
Idk what language that the guy at 7:00 was talking but its beautiful
Glad to see good old vice back
What happened?
@@nh6868 vice is back to showing things that others ignore..the good old vice
I honestly hate humans at times they know its dying out but they don't care the greed is to much !
Dude got his package delivered in 20 mins. Amazon needs to step their game up.
Beautiful little creatures. ❤💔
Keep It Real vice 💯
Stop the demand please. More awareness need to be spread among the communities
“I cannot say the number of hunters that have died…” please entertain us sir don’t hold out on us
Chinese ppl: we are the smartest
Also Chinese ppl: pangol-Doritos cure me
Keep up the good work
Africa wildlife conservation
African wildlife will survive if there is improvement in living standards for the majority. Sadly, that is not even feasible in the near future for most of Africa.
Ironic that Philip Morris is advertising an anti counterfeit ad on this show, but it's Vice, so not a big surprise.
*Madam OR Mam, Love U, Thank U And Respect U To Be A Mother of Nature And Natural Habitat, U R A Great, Honest, Intelligent, Loving, Kind Human Lady.....*
*Salute U.....🙋🙋🙋*
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Man this was upsetting, theyre such amazing animals, id love to just be able to observe one in the wild.
Never disappoints! China 🇨🇳
This is wrong on so many levels! I know we got to eat but these people on camera breaking these laws need to be charged to the full extent or chained!!
@Nica I have "Nica" have you? Not pretty. But these endangered animals make more of an impact than you will ever will so yea have these filler words.
@Raul Baeza Still sounds pretty pompous. Lol, also saying than an animal has more impact than him is just so stupid. Get off your high horse. We should farm those animals to make sure they don’t go extinct.
Love this videos
Heartbreaking
There’s nothing medicinal in scales and cartilage.
I hope rocky actually survive atleast 1 night after being released
It was released into a protected forest area where our released Pangolins thrive and breed.
😔 this not only happening in Nigeria but all over Africa and its sad
"We don't know why the Chinese have need for it"
Basically anything on the list of endangered animals are thought to be good for the 3rection... :\
Blame a culture fueled by insecurities and the lack of proper education in humanities. Ignorance have been a plague for centuries. There’s a disconnection between wealth and knowledge in certain traditions/ cultures…
They still have microscopic private parts and you can’t change that with rhino horn tea…
@@katherinecheunggarcia9646 Please don't make stupid racist comments.... it doesn't help at all.
I am Chinese but I have never taken Rhino Horns or Pangolin Scales, I believe some richer Chinese have been hoodwinked into believing that these actually cures them of something..... It is pretty sad
@@saltedslug7954 You are ethnically Chinese as well...even if you are not from mainland China.
Human Beings in their true nature. Wild and brutal.
I agree.
Did you know even atheist historians aknolage Jesus historicaly existed , if you disagree with this I would. Ask you did Julis cersar exist you would say yes and I will say how did you know , you would say something around we have historical evdince and document , but I could I say the same thing about Jesus he has many sources such the governor at the time in a letter asking why was he kill and many others we even have more evidence of him existing than Julis cersar himself , now that you know this are you willing to accept Jesus as you lord and savior
Typed by a human.
We’re vile.
23:52-23:57 was the heart and subject of this video. I am a pharmacist by profession and i fear that one day pangolin will only be seen in textbook and internet. Substitutes of traditional Chinese medicine regarding the same effects of pangolin scales should be promoted so that those people who intend to buy these scales opt for only substitutes. Good documentary. The women of pangolin research center was pure gold to listen to her knowledge
06:05 She summed up all the problems of the world in just one line.
Oren Lyons, a Native American leader, has said: The laws of the Creator and Nature and ABSOLUTE. Humanity's laws cannot and WILL NOT prevail.
Human made laws can't provide justice and solutions to the problems
Native Americans Rule the World or sum? I don't think so.