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    IN THE NEWS – Four pangolins rescued in a week from illegal trade

    by Scaled 18th Aug 2020

    On the 7th of August 2020, Sheree Bega from the Saturday Star wrote this story from information supplied by the African Pangolin Working Group. There has been a poaching spike out there with many  pangolins being retrieved – this is about one of the busiest…

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    Species at an African wet market

    A open letter in response to the total ban on global “wet markets”

    by Scaled 6th Jul 2020

    Dear Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu (Director General of the World Health Organisation) and Ms Inger Andersen (Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program), STATEMENT ON NOVEL CORONOVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC AND A RESPONSE TO THE CALL ON THE TOTAL BAN ON GLOBAL “WET MARKETS” Preamble…

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    IN THE NEWS – China urged to burn stockpiles of pangolin scales

    by Scaled 12th Jun 2020

    The following article was published by Oxpeckers. Environmental groups say a symbolic gesture would send a clear signal to the public that use of pangolin scales is no longer permitted. Alexis Kriel reports A call on the Chinese government to burn its stockpile of pangolin…

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    IN THE NEWS – Africa’s pangolins will be extinct in 20 years if urgent action is not taken

    by Scaled 12th Nov 2019

    The following article was written by Sheree Bega and published in the Saturday Star Professor Ray Jansen was sitting on his stoep last week Tuesday enjoying the sunset with his Labradors and drinking a cold beer when the call came through. A senior police officer…

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    IN THE NEWS – Pangolin highlights reality of poaching crisis

    by Scaled 31st Oct 2019

    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…

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    IN THE NEWS – Pangolin rescued from poachers in North

    by Scaled 9th Oct 2019

    The following article was published by the Pretoria North Rekord One poacher is still at large after four others were arrested in possession of a pangolin. A pangolin who has been named Zambezi was rescued this morning in a joint operation outside the Kolonnade Retail…

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    IN THE NEWS – The war against pangolin smuggling – here’s how you can help

    by Scaled 28th Feb 2019

    The following article was published by the Middelburg Observer If the illegal trade of pangolins is not stopped, these mysterious animals will follow the same path as their brothers in Asia, to extinction.  “Asia has killed their own pangolins and now they are coming for…

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    IN THE NEWS – Outrage over ruling in pangolin case

    by Scaled 22nd Feb 2019

    The following article was written by Sharika Regchand and published by the Witness Outrage greeted news on Thursday that the 42-year-old man who tried to sell a pangolin in Pietermaritzburg was given a R240 000 fine or alternatively a wholly suspended three-year sentence. Pietermaritzburg magistrate…

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    IN THE NEWS – Pangolin rescued from poachers in Limpopo

    by Scaled 9th Feb 2019

    The Press release from Welgevonden Game Reserve, written by Jessica Oosthuyse was published by African Geographic and is republished here with their permission. A joint security operation led to the arrest of five pangolin poachers in Vaalwater, Limpopo earlier this February. “We received word of…

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    IN THE NEWS – Saving trafficked pangolins, one release at a time

    by Scaled 13th Dec 2018

    This article, written and photographed by  Steff McWilliam (wild_is_life) was pubished in Africa Geographic and is republished here with their permission. Amidst the catastrophe of wildlife poaching and trafficking, where animals such as rhinos, lions and elephants often take the spotlight, there is one very small creature that is mostly…

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