An evening to celebrate pangolins
Our Together for Pangolins evening at CIRCA Gallery in Rosebank was a raging success. The evening started on the upper deck and Darwin Room of the Circa Gallery with glasses of wine from Painted Wolf Wine and Waterford Estate, Vergelegen sparkling wine and a delicious…
Together for pangolins – the pangolin art event of the year
TOGETHER FOR PANGOLINS, on July 25th, is a collaboration between Everard Read Gallery, Stauss & Co Art Auctioneers, and the African Pangolin Working Group. The aim is to raise awareness and funds for the continued work of saving pangolins now and in the future. Everard…
NEWS – Changes at the African Pangolin Working Group
We value your contribution to our mission to save the most trafficked mammal! With your help, we have had our best year so far and we have new and exciting plans for the future of our organisation. You will find our Chairman’s report here. We…
WATCH – Pangolins are People Too
On Thursday 13 May 2021 we took part in a very enjoyable panel discussion hosted by Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Books) and Richard Peirce, author of Pangolins: Scales of Injustice While we did not get to all the questions posed before the event,…
EVENT – Pangolins are people too
Thursday 13 May 2021 at 18h30 Join environmental activist, author and broadcaster, Richard Peirce, as he chairs a panel discussion about pangolins and their survival. Pangolins rescued from traffickers come in all shapes, sizes and states of health. Do the rehabilitators ever feel like giving…
IN THE NEWS – Saving the world’s most trafficked mammal
On the 5, November 2020, the Mail & Guardian’s environmental reporter Sheree Bega filed the following story about our work. Nicci Wright gently pushes a syringe filled with warm kitten formula into Tot’s tiny, waiting mouth. The 50-day-old Temminck’s ground pangolin’s thin long tongue slurps…
MEDIA – Eye of the Pangolin film screening and panel discussion
Dazzile Africa recently screened Eye of the Pangolin film on their website. Afterwards, APWG’s Nicci Wright took part in a panel discussion with filmmaker Bruce Young, Paul Thomson of Save Pangolins, Rod Cassidy from Sangha Lodge, and Kate Wilson from Mulberry Mongoose. Amongst other things…
IN THE NEWS – Pangolin highlights reality of poaching crisis
The following article was written by René de Klerk and published by Safarinews.org During August, news of a poached pangolin reached the team at the Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital (JWVH). While the rescue of live pangolins from the illegal trade in South Africa during sting…