IN THE NEWS – Africa’s pangolins caught in ‘the perfect storm’
Recent seizures of huge hauls of scales have turned Nigeria into Africa’s key illegal pangolin exporting country. The APWG’s Alexis Kriel investigates what is driving the trade in this article published in Oxpeckers.org (Photo above: Lagos market: The peddlar offered two live pangolins to a…
Chinese lawmakers propose a ban on the sale of pangolin products for traditional medicine
Reblogged from the Environmental Investigation Agency (see the original post here) 7th March, 2019 Members of China’s National People’s Congress, the country’s legislature, have made a public announcement to propose a ban on the use of pangolin products for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).The proposals will…
IN THE NEWS – Forbes Africa, March 2015
The following article appeared in Forbes Magazine: The Shy Scaly Animal That Could Curl Up And Die IT’S STRAIGHT OUT OF THE PREHISTORIC AGE AND MOST PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE. THE PANGOLIN IS THE SHY SCALY CREATURE THAT HAS BECOME THE WORLD’S MOST TRAFFICKED…
IN THE NEWS – Beeld 30 July 2014
The following article appeared in the Afrikaans medium newspaper Beeld: Ietermog hang aan ’n draadjie Meer gestroop as olifante, renosters Elise Tempelhoff Woensdag 30 Julie 2014 Die grond-ietermagog. Dié Suid-Afrikaanse spesie is een van die agt wat in die wêreld gevind en ernstig bedreig word….