A pangolin has been rescued from a well.
One Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) is thanking his lucky stars, after forest rangers rescued him from the bottom of a well in Gujarat.
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Mar
2012
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Mar
2012
Customs officials at a busy Malaysian airport have thwarted an attempt to ship dozens of pangolins to Vientiane, Laos.
Southeast Asian press are reporting on the discovery of some 25 boxes filled with pangolins in cargo bound for Laos at Malaysia’s busiest airport last week, marking the seventh pangolin seizure reported by media around the world so far this year.
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Mar
2012
Check out Episode 3 of our web series and podcast, Behind the Schemes.
Pangolins in Zimbabwe used to be spared from over-hunting, thanks to an unusual cultural practice by the indigenous Shona people, who hold the pangolin in high regard.
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Feb
2012
Sharing the pangolin love!
Last Saturday, February 18th, we celebrated what appeared to be the first World Pangolin Day — please join us in saying thank you to those who also took time to recognize and/or mention World Pangolin Day!
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Feb
2012
The latest raid on a pangolin-trading syndicate pushes 2012 totals (based on media-reported busts) to over 300 pangolins seized and five arrests made in Thailand alone.
In Thailand’s third pangolin bust of the year, another 111 of the animals have been seized in a major sting on an illegal trading operation.
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Feb
2012
Test your pangolin knowledge!
Want to learn more about pangolins? Check out this comprehensive list!
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Feb
2012
The Long-tailed pangolin is a world record holder!
Suited in an armor of beautifully colored scales, Africa’s Long-tailed pangolin (Uromanis tetradactyla) is the smallest and most arboreal of all of the world’s eight pangolin species.
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Feb
2012
Cape pangolins ROCK!
The Cape Pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) is one of the larger and more terrestrial of Africa’s four pangolin species.
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Feb
2012
It just doesn’t get much cuter than this!
This cute little Cape pangolin named Chaminuka (“Champ” for short) was recently rescued by the Tikki Hywood Trust in Zimababwe.
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Feb
2012
Sharing the love for Africa’s three-cusped pangolin!
The three-cusped pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis) gets its name from a unique feature found on their brown, keratinous scales: each one has three points (or keels) on the exposed edge – kind of like a Douglas Fir pine cone!