Manager fired for dining on pangolin

A manager from one of the China's major industrial investment companies lost his job after wildlife preservation volunteers discovered that he had eaten pangolin meat in Vietnam.

Shen Jianping, a deputy manager of Yintai Group's Hangzhou branch and manager of the company's investment center, issued an apology via social media.

"It was a foolish mistake caused by my indifference to endangered animals, lack of common sense and ignorance of laws and regulations," he wrote.