Celebrate these scaly, unique and mysterious mammals – it’s world Pangolin Day. Sadly these animals mostly only ever hit the headlines when international illegal trade is identified. They’re largely used in China and the far east in medicine, and also as a food, with intermediate ports often places at which illegal trade is discovered. This map tells some of that story.

Original prompt (ChatGPT)

Can you find any data that illustrates the illegal trade in Pangolins? I’d like to create a map that shows this. Please go ahead and make a map of what you discover.