Kelsey Skinner, a vet, gives anesthetic to a tiny 2.6-kilo (5.7-pound) pangolin. While searching for illegal wildlife trader, police found the baby male in the Pretoria suburbs.
Skinner is a vet at the hospital and this isn’t the first time. Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital, examined a rescued Pangolin. They are one of the most popular mammals in the entire world. They are highly prized for their unique scales, which can be used in traditional Asian medicine. Their meat is considered a delicacy.
Raymond Jansen (The). African Pangolin Working Group has been helping South African police to rescue captured pangolins for years. He was part of the rescue operation that saved the young male. He will be rehabilitated and released in the wild, if possible, with other similar animals.
Similar dangers await the pangolin in Namibia, where poachers are Kelsey Prediger. Pangolin Conservation and Research Foundation is working to protect the animals. The research on pangolin behavior in the wild is conducted by the zoologist. Much of the information has been a mystery. The hope is that the data could help with conservation efforts.
Kelsey Prediger (left) and Zwane Kaanyeva, pangolin ranger (right) install a camera trap adjacent to a pangolin hole used by a resident in the south of Namibia.
Project:Pangolin Conservation & Research Foundation in Namibia
Aim:Protect pangolins by educating the community, raising awareness and engaging in community engagement in Southern Africa. PCRF hopes that it can help guide conservation management plans and guidelines. It also hopes to engage communities through research and community projects.
Project: Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital
Aim:Treatment of pangolins trafficked for release into nature through the African Pangolin Working Group
Project:African Pangolin Working Group (APWG), South Africa
Aim:The APWG is committed to the conservation of all four African pangolin species by raising awareness, developing partnerships, and generating knowledge. The APWG plays a role in pangolin retrievals as well as transport, release, long-term monitoring, and long term monitoring.
Cornelia Borrmann & Henner Frankenfeld made this film
