Make way for the giant ground pangolin!
The giant ground pangolin (Smutsia gigantea) is the largest of all the eight pangolin species. These pangolins can reach lengths of up to 1.8 meters (nearly six feet).
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Feb
2012
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Feb
2012
A pair of pangolin-smuggling ‘businessmen’ have escaped maximum punishment in Malaysia.
Nearly a year after being busted, two men in Malaysia have been convicted of illegally possessing pangolins and it seems having an ‘elderly mother’ to take care of may have won them both a more lenient sentencing.
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Feb
2012
Indian pangolin hitches a ride in the chassis of a new car.
A driver transporting a new car from a showroom in northern India was quite surprised when he discovered a rare creature stowed away in the chassis of the vehicle.
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Jan
2012
Sadly, it seems the number seven wasn’t so lucky for pangolins this week, as seven kilograms of their scales were seized in Nepal, another seven kg of scales were seized in the Philippines, and a business called ‘Lucky 7’ was found fronting for an illegal pangolin trade operation.
Nepalese police arrested two men found smuggling seven kilograms of pangolin scales in Nepal only days after Palawan officials apprehended three Chinese nationals running an illicit pangolin trade operation out of their ‘junk shop’ front business.
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Jan
2012
Join us as we celebrate the eight species of pangolin!
PLEASE NOTE: World Pangolin Day 2013 is February 16!
Did you know that World Pangolin Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in February? We did some poking around on the interweb to see if pangolins have a special day — and they do!
This year, the special day falls on February 18th.
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Jan
2012
Enjoy!
This adorable baby pangolin was rescued by the team at Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Program in Vietnam.
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Jan
2012
Soaring illicit pangolin trade noted by yet another seizure of these wild-caught endangered animals — this time 180 of them in Thailand.
A 32 year-old man has been arrested by Thai Customs officials, after he was found driving a vehicle loaded with 180 pangolins — at least the fourth such bust of 2012 globally.
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Jan
2012
Are pangolins being farmed for China’s traditional medicine industry?
We’ve uncovered disturbing information which strongly suggests that “medicinal use” pangolin farms are already operating in China.
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Jan
2012
An update to our previous article about pangolin scales and flesh for sale online.
Good news: As a result of our recent story about pangolin products being sold on China’s top eCommerce website, Alibaba, we were contacted by a representative of the company who informed us that the pangolin pages have now been removed from the site.
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Jan
2012
An update to last week’s pangolin seizures.
A Chinese national identified as Yefan Huang has been arrested by authorities in Palawan, Philippines. Huang is believed to be responsible for slaughtering hundreds of pangolins (scaly anteaters) in order to profit from the thriving illegal trade in this species.