January 3rd, 2012
2011 deals yet another massive blow to the world’s pangolins, with possibly 40,000 – 60,000 slaughtered last year alone.
The year 2011 saw a minimum of 44 media-reported pangolin seizures across at least ten different East and Southeast Asian nations, France, and numerous African countries.
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December 12th, 2011
After two wild, high speed chases, authorities have seized a total of 1,174 pangolins – most of them dead – in Vietnam and Sabah, Malaysia since Wednesday.
A wild goose chase on the high seas off Sabah, Malaysia and a high speed car chase in Vietnam over the past week have yielded over 1,000 pangolins destined to be consumed as a delicacy or crushed into ‘medicine’.
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November 30th, 2011
‘Pangolin Power’ features organizations that are helping pangolins.
TRAFFIC Southeast Asia is one of the world’s most important voices for pangolins. Based in Kuala Lumpur, this regional office of TRAFFIC monitors wildlife trade in Cambodia, Brunei, Timor Leste, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.
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Tags: illegal wildlife trade, Pangolins, TRAFFIC Southeast Asia
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October 30th, 2011
Although pangolins are sometimes found alive, thousands are not so fortunate.
In two separate incidents within a 30-day span, authorities in Thailand and Indonesia have rescued more than 200 pangolins from wildlife traffickers.
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Tags: illegal wildlife trade, Indonesia, pangolin seizure, Pangolins, Sumatra, Thailand
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