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The most trafficked mammal you've never heard of
Totally expendable. And that's precisely why he made it. Time-out for a quiz: Is the pangolin your spirit animal? Answer yes or no to these five questions. You sleep all day and party all night.
National Geographic news2mon
Poaching is sending the shy, elusive pangolin to its doom
The small animals, whose scales are coveted for use in Chinese medicine, are now among the world’s most trafficked mammals. A Temminck’s ground pangolin named Tamuda searches for a meal of ...
On the trail of the elusive pangolin at a South African safari reserve
On a private game reserve in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, an unlikely creature is making a tentative comeback — and visitors are offered a glimpse into the conservation efforts to save it ...
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Scientists unveil potential new pangolin species, highlighting conservation challenges
By Keith Anthony Fabro Around 3.4 million years ago, a hidden evolutionary tale unfolded in the Indo-Burma region: a cryptic ...
Miami Herald24d
Mammals confiscated by police in India turn out to be ‘cryptic’ new species, study says
Law enforcement in northeastern India seized pangolins and pangolin scales from wildlife ... They measured the live animal, studied its appearance and released it in a wildlife sanctuary.
Center for Biological Diversity4y
U.S. Agrees to Decide Pangolin Protections
the Fish and Wildlife Service is committing to decide whether the other seven pangolin species should be treated as endangered by June 2021. “The United States must not be complicit in the brazen ...
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World Pangolin Day: World's Most Trafficked Animal And Conservation Efforts Of Wildlife SOS
World Pangolin Day: It will come as a surprise that the most trafficked animal on the planet, the pangolin, is one about whom not many have heard of. Every year World Pangolin Day is observed on ...
Natural History Museum%2c London1y
The pangolin pit
‘It will stop only when the demand stops.’ Pangolins are the world’s most trafficked animal, with all eight species targeted. Pangolin meat is eaten to demonstrate status and their scales are wrongly ...
Center for Biological Diversity1y
President Biden Delays Potential Embargo on Chinese Products Despite China’s Role in Pangolin Trafficking
Conservation groups petitioned the Interior Department to certify China over pangolin trade in 2020. "Pangolins desperately need help, and I’m disappointed in the U.S. government for delaying needed ...
CNN10y
The most trafficked mammal you've never heard of
Totally expendable. And that's precisely why he made it. Time-out for a quiz: Is the pangolin your spirit animal? Answer yes or no to these five questions. You sleep all day and party all night.
CNN10y
The most trafficked mammal you've never heard of
Totally expendable. And that's precisely why he made it. Time-out for a quiz: Is the pangolin your spirit animal? Answer yes or no to these five questions. You sleep all day and party all night.