Pangolins are being traded on Facebook despite the social media platform prohibiting the sale of live animals or products derived from endangered species, an investigation by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) revealed.
A number of Facebook pages openly sell live pangolins and pangolin scales, which are typically used in traditional Chinese medicine, according to the Campaign for Accountability (CfA).
“The ant-eating pangolin, which is found in parts of Asia and Africa, is considered the most trafficked mammal in the world,” the report reads. “But the sale of pangolins on Facebook has become even more troublesome given their potential role in the coronavirus pandemic. The animal has emerged as a possible intermediate host in the transmission of COVID-19 to humans.”
Despite Facebook joining the Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online — which aims to reduce the illegal sale of wild animals by 80 percent across tech platforms by 2020 — CfA found the social media company is not effectively policing its own policy.
“Poachers and their dealers should not be able to openly sell illegally trafficked pangolins on Facebook and its platforms,” said CfA Executive Director Daniel E. Stevens. “Facebook claims that it prohibits the sale of endangered or threatened animals on its platforms, but pangolins are easily available for anyone who searches for the animal. This is yet another example of Facebook failing to enforce its own rules across its platform.”
Pangolins are not the only endangered species being sold on Facebook’s platform, according to the report. The social media giant has also been accused by animal welfare campaigners of serving adverts on pages offering threatened species’ body parts, including rhino horns, elephant ivory and tiger teeth. Corporations need to be held accountable for their actions.
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As a single member of the public there is nothing I can do to save these animals.
Why is MZ allowing this? It is cruel and horrible, is there a petition to sign?
Again this subject needs to be addressed??
Why is evil madness continuing??!! Catch these evil people and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law!!
Hunters are the scourge of this planet…..they are slowly, but surely, destroying the wildlife and OUR ONLY HOME. To the hunters, killing animals is carried out to satisfy and justify their perverted taste for animal abuse, animal torture and brutal killing. Its time Facebook and its platforms started to demonstrate that they care for our wildlife and the environment, instead of allowing these despicable masses to carry on murdering innocent, voiceless animals for trophies and useless, bogus medicines.
How can this still be happening? Isn’t there some method to stop this evil legally??
I totally agree
THIS MUST STOP KNOW THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS NEED TO LIVE IN THE WILD AND NOT END UP IN PEOPLES BELLIES.
Cruelty needs to STOP!
Facebook needs to police theirs policy better lets stop the cruelty of all animals and become a better World so all childrenn comming in next generation can be proud of their families and the country they are from we will all be better off.
Facebook needs to police theirs policy better lets stop the cruelty of all animals and become a better World so all childrenn comming in next generation can be proud of their families and the country they are from we will all be better off.
I’m so sick of evil humans!
“Poachers and their dealers should not be able to openly sell illegally trafficked pangolins on Facebook and its platforms,
Stop this now!!!
Stop this NOW!
Disgusted with Facebook actually allowing advertising of animal parts!!!!
Facebook this is absolutely not acceptable! Pangolins are precious and if we do not stop this awful and evil trade we will loose them forever! Step up and do the right and noble thing!
End wildlife trafficking
Facebook should stop the sell of live or dead animals. This is a very cruel practice.
EVIL CRUEL STOP THIS NOW !!!!
Stop this evil madness!! Leave these poor animals alone in their environment!!
Leave these pangolins alone. Do not bring them to the US or anywhere! Stop trapping them NOW!
Facebook consistently removes the wrong accounts.
We need to be doing all we can to help them (and every other wildlife) thrive, NOT continue to cause their destruction.
Stop allowing all animals, even pagolins, from being sold on the internet!!
Don’t know who is worse, the corporations or the Chinese buying these poor animals, savages!
C’mon Facebook, you’re banning things like good people wanting to go back to their churches and networking about fighting for these constitutional rights, but you won’t ban this horrific practice of animal trafficking,when these poor creatures suffer so horribly and tortured very often before they are killed, then you mark zuckenberg, are just as much a monster as those monsters killing these beautiful souls
More petitions, please! Aimed at governments and international associations that are supposed to do this work but fail.
Facebook needs to start policing its own site, rather than pretending that they are socially responsible while they allow these beautiful creatures to be traded on their site. I stopped using Facebook because of their hypocrisy.
II SIGNED A PETITION TO MR MARK, CEO AND CO FOUNDER OF FACEBOOK, PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW ANY ILLEGAL SUPPLIERS TO SELL AND DO NOT LET ILLEGAL TRADERS ON WILDLIFE MEAT AND ENDANGERED SPECIES LIKE PANGOLINS BEEN SOLD IN FACEBOOK. BAN ALL SELLING AND ILLEGAL TRADING IN FACEBOOK
SIGNED BY JOSEPHINE
SINGAPORE
What can be done to lock up the people putting these poor animals on Facebook?? And making Facebook pay big time for allowing it to be the catalyst??!!
Facebook is the source of so many of our problems. It should be just shut down. Period.
THEY SHOULD BE SANCTIONED…..FB SHOULD BLOCK THEM NOT BE PART
THEY SHOULD BE SANCTIONED…..FB SHOULD BLOCK THEM NOT BE PART
The illegal slaughter of animals most stop now. We the public of the world demand better protection of animals before they go extinct. SEVERE LAWS MUST BE PASSED AND THEN ENFORCED OR THIS WILL NEVER STOP.
Poachers must be jailed for 25 years, fined $25K, never able to hunt anything ever again and never allowed access to guns . We are watching to make sure this happens.
facebook needs to be now held accountable for assisting in the illegal trade of animals and there body parts
This is against the law and to be freely doing so is disgusting
Hope they can be caught and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and not just a slap on the wrist!!
Hope they can be caught and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and not just a slap on the wrist!!
Hope they can be caught and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and not just a slap on the wrist!!
Hope they can be caught and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and not just a slap on the wrist!! And shame on Facebook!! They need to be prosecuted and fined heavily!!
God expects his caretakers to be sensitive to all of His creation, exploiting or abusing them shows a disrespect for God Himself. Anyone involved in doing this or allowing this to these poor animals is an evil monster and will answer to God someday!!
This definitely needs to be stopped
Please protect the mandolins.
this isn’t right
When will the evil madness STOP!!?? Who can stop this?? Justice must be done!!
It sure is strange how Facebook, YouTube and these other social platforms are shutting down channels or closing accounts of those who give the truth about communist China or W.H.O. that seemingly cater to China, yet allow the abuse and murder of innocent animals to be sold on its platform. Has Facebook become a wet-market now? I don’t have or want a Facebook or Twitter account and have no use for them. They seem to be under the control of foreign countries and should be ashamed of themselves.
Shame on you FaceBook for allowing animals to be trafficked on your platform. This must stop!
Facebook needs to stand up for those who can’t for themselves instead of protecting those who hurt the living.
Just another stupid, greedy Corporate company.. who don’t care about nothing but the bottom line… PERIOD!!!
Facebook, you are disgusting and lie! Take postings of endangered and threatened animals for sale down immediately! Have some heart and integrity!!
yeah they regularly bow to the commie china gov and hate animals and are too busy banning speech they fear ‘cuz they are weak as hell. speech spooks em.
yeah they regularly bow to the commie china gov and hate animals and are too busy banning speech they fear ‘cuz they are weak as hell. speech spooks em.
Stop killing and torture!!!!! God will GET EVEN WITH YOU.
The selling of any animal over the internet should be stopped and the person or persons should be fined and get jail time. There needs to be stricker laws ‘ Animals have feelings just like us and should be respected They belong to live a life free of torture and pain. Some humans are the cause of many problems that happen. Humans are the only animal that kills just for the sake of killing. Leave nature alone and stop destroying it.
Stop this barbaric cruelty now.
KILL THE TRAFFICKERS!
Please stop the selling of innocent pangolins!
Please stop the selling of innocent pangolins!