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Authorities are investigating another display online of what is believed to be a dish cooked using endangered pangolins in southern China, according to local media. The State Forestry Administration, which regulates the protection of endangered animals, said they had been informed of the photos posted on Weibo and were investigating the matter in Guangdong, The Beijing News reported. Probe launched over claims endangered pangolin served at banquet to Chinese officials The incident comes after a probe was launched last week following allegations that local government officials had been served pangolin at a banquet also attended by a Hong Kong businessman. In the latest case, the Weibo user shared photos of three "pangolin dishes" in September 2011. His account shows he resides in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. The photos showed what the internet user claimed to be a soup made from eight kinds of animals, including "pangolin, snake and swan", as well as a dish he described as "pangolin-blood fried rice". Another picture, uncaptioned, showed a pot with many slices of cooked meat that resembled the scales on a pangolin. In another post on the same account in March 2012, the Weibo user wrote: "The hospitable chef Liao got people to prepare the mushroom and pangolin soup four hours in advance. [It was] very delicious!" Pangolins are being "eaten to extinction": conservationists He later deleted the photos after they drew hundreds of critical comments lambasting him for consuming the endangered animal.
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