IN a ground-breaking move, Nigeria has publicly destroyed tons of seized wildlife products, including pangolin scales and leopard, python and crocodile skins. The public display echoes similar events in Kenya and elsewhere on the continent and marks Nigeria's renewed commitment to combatting wildlife trafficking and safeguarding the nation's biodiversity. The event was the first of its kind in Nigeria and was intended to send a strong message to traffickers and consumers of the illegal trade and also to safeguard the nation's biodiversity, according to conservation officials. “By destroying these pangolin scales and skins, we're crushing the illegal trade that preys…