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HONG KONG, CHINA: TO GO WITH STORY "HONGKONG-CHINA-CRIME-ENVIRONMENT-ANIMALS-SMUGGLING" This photo taken 19 April 2005 shows police guarding boxes of endangered smuggled pangolins found on a beach in the remote area of Hong Kong's New Territories. The police raid that found the pangolins revealed the shipment of 2,000 of the scaly anteaters confirmed what environmentalists see as further evidence that Hong Kong, with its proximity to mainland China, has become a centre for the smuggling of rare species to China. AFP PHOTO/MIKE CLARKE (Photo credit should read MIKE CLARKE/AFP/Getty Images)

HONG KONG, CHINA:  TO GO WITH STORY "HONGKONG-CHINA-CRIME-ENVIRONMENT-ANIMALS-SMUGGLING" This photo taken 19 April 2005 shows police guarding boxes of endangered smuggled pangolins found on a beach in the remote area of Hong Kong's New Territories.  The police raid that found the pangolins revealed the shipment of 2,000 of the scaly anteaters confirmed what environmentalists see as further evidence that Hong Kong, with its proximity to mainland China, has become a centre for the smuggling of rare species to China.       AFP PHOTO/MIKE CLARKE  (Photo credit should read MIKE CLARKE/AFP/Getty Images)