19/02/2023
Balancing the scales to protect pangolin.
Despite their impenetrable coat of scaly armour, pangolins have become the world’s most trafficked mammal, relentlessly poached for the scales based on perceived medicinal value. Made of keratin - just like our fingernails - there is no scientific evidence of any health benefits.
In South Africa, a collaborative commitment by and to conserve the endangered Temminck’s ground pangolin is powering their journey from rescue, to rehab, to release.
This World Pangolin Day, we are paying tribute to what conservation milestones are possible through collaboration, and celebrating the work of the African Pangolin Working Group in securing a future for Africa’s pangolins.
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