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Chinese pangolin captured in rare images
1 month, 1 week ago

Chinese pangolin captured in rare images

China Daily  

An image of a Chinese pangolin is captured by an infrared camera in Shenzhen's Luohu district. The Chinese pangolin was once widely distributed across southern areas of China, including Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and in neighboring countries. Due to the demand for traditional Chinese medicine and wildlife products, China was once one of the largest consumer markets for pangolins and …

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Chinese pangolin captured in rare images
1 month, 1 week ago

Chinese pangolin captured in rare images

China Daily  

A silver pheasant is recorded by an infrared camera in Luohu. Provided to China Daily Encouraging sign In the survey this year, the Luohu bureau added 11 more infrared-triggered cameras in the hopes of capturing more data on wildlife. "Because of too many rains this summer, we delayed our fieldwork to collect the data from the infrared cameras until September," …

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Sniffer Dogs: A New Hope for the Indian Pangolin
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Sniffer Dogs: A New Hope for the Indian Pangolin

New Indian Express  

Sniffer dogs are being used in Madhya Pradesh to identify safe homes for the critically endangered pangolin, a mammal that is often trafficked for its fur and meat. The dogs are trained to sniff the unique scent of pangolins in existing boroughs, to first trace the borough used by wild pangolins in the past. Camera traps are then placed to …

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Scientists uncover a scaly surprise with new pangolin species
1 year, 2 months ago

Scientists uncover a scaly surprise with new pangolin species

The Hindu  

The small, scaly, and highly endangered pangolin has been keeping a secret: it comprises not eight species but nine, with a new one discovered through analysis of confiscated scales. Picking up that trail, researchers analysed scales from two confiscations in China’s Yunnan province in 2015 and 2019 and compared them against whole genome data from all previously known species. They …

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Wildlife trafficking is rife around the world. This group went undercover with a former Australian cop's help
1 year, 3 months ago

Wildlife trafficking is rife around the world. This group went undercover with a former Australian cop's help

ABC  

Pangolins are shy, solitary mammals found in parts of Asia and Africa, known for their unique covering of protective scales. "Between 2016 and 2019, there were 206 tonnes of pangolin scales seized globally … So to put that in context, we're talking over 400,000 pangolins seized in a four year period," Carmody tells ABC RN's Saturday Extra. Carmody says the …

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GOP rep. blames 'penguins' for ruining the Covid lab leak theory
1 year, 5 months ago

GOP rep. blames 'penguins' for ruining the Covid lab leak theory

Raw Story  

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis suggested "penguins" were to blame for convincing some scientists that Covid-19 was created in nature. At a House Oversight Committee hearing on Tuesday, Malliotakis asked two professors why scientists initially discounted a theory that the Covid-19 virus leaked from a lab. "All of a sudden, you did a 180, and it couldn't possibly come from a lab …

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Did You Know Harmless Pangolins Are The Second Most Trafficked Mammals On Planet?
1 year, 10 months ago

Did You Know Harmless Pangolins Are The Second Most Trafficked Mammals On Planet?

News 18  

Animal trafficking is one of the biggest threats to wildlife. The IFS officer described the species as shy and harmless while explaining that they’re smuggled in thousands every year. In Chinese Traditional Medicine mainly.” In the video shared by him, the mammal can be seen hiding behind a tree in the presence of one of his team members. Thanks to …

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Over 1,000 pangolins poached and trafficked in India between 2018 and 2022
1 year, 10 months ago

Over 1,000 pangolins poached and trafficked in India between 2018 and 2022

The Hindu  

Kolkata On the eve of World Pangolin Day observed on February 18, a not-for-profit organisation working on the international trade of animals and plants, has brought out a fact sheet reporting that 1,203 pangolins have been found in illegal wildlife trade in India from 2018 to 2022. The publication, titled ‘India’s Pangolins Buried in Illegal Wildlife Trade’, has tracked 342 …

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Poaching of Pangolins rampant in AP-TS forest areas; two arrested, Pangolin rescued
2 years ago

Poaching of Pangolins rampant in AP-TS forest areas; two arrested, Pangolin rescued

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Poaching of Pangolins from forest areas of both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana is becoming rampant. AP forest officials rescued a Pangolin recently and arrested two persons. AP forest department noticed that poaching of Pangolins was taking place in the forest area near Nalgonda in TS and these are being brought to AP by gangs looking for potential buyers. Various …

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Botswana man arrested for possession of live pangolin
2 years, 1 month ago

Botswana man arrested for possession of live pangolin

The Independent  

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Why pangolins may not be the intermediate host
2 years, 7 months ago

Why pangolins may not be the intermediate host

The Hindu  

The origin debate on novel coronavirus is yet to be settled. However, the scientists were not able to find infectious pangolin coronavirus in organs other than the respiratory system and brain, which is different from hamsters infected by SARS-CoV-2 virus. Viral shedding by hamsters infected with pangolin coronavirus lasted for three days, while hamsters infected with SARS-CoV-2 shed virus for …

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Tough anteater leaves forest officials antsy
2 years, 7 months ago

Tough anteater leaves forest officials antsy

The Hindu  

After its rescue from the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, a rare animal, pangolin, is giving a tough time to the forest officials in the Nahargarh Biological Park near Jaipur in captivity. Nahargarh Biological Park's Assistant Conservator of Forests Jagdish Gupta said the officials had tried to feed the mammal with a variety of foods procured from around the park. As the …

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Wildlife forensics helps cause of pangolins
3 years, 7 months ago

Wildlife forensics helps cause of pangolins

The Hindu  

Pangolins, despite being listed in Schedule I of Wildlife Act, 1972 continue to be the world’s most trafficked mammal. They characterised the morphological features and investigated genetic variations between the two species by sequencing 624 scales of pangolins and comparing the sequences with all eight pangolin species. These metric characters will be of immense utility for the law enforcement agencies …

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Wild Recovery: Protecting nature and preventing the next pandemic
3 years, 8 months ago

Wild Recovery: Protecting nature and preventing the next pandemic

Al Jazeera  

earthrise looks at protecting wildlife and preventing pandemics through the stories of two endangered mammals which have been investigated for links to COVID-19. In southern India, locals are safeguarding the only remaining home of one critically endangered bat. And disease ecologist, Jonathan Epstein, explains how our encroachment on nature is making another outbreak “almost guaranteed”. With films made by Untamed …

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In the Eastern Ghats, a small movement is underway to protect the endangered pangolin
3 years, 10 months ago

In the Eastern Ghats, a small movement is underway to protect the endangered pangolin

The Hindu  

Shy, solitary and nocturnal, the pangolin is believed to be the world’s most trafficked animal. There are eight species of pangolins; among them the population of four Asian pangolin species, including Indian Pangolin is reported to have declined significantly in many areas due to hunting and trade. However, reports from local communities have revealed there has been a rise in …

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World Pangolin Day: On the deadly trail of pangolin poachers
3 years, 10 months ago

World Pangolin Day: On the deadly trail of pangolin poachers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Zambia’s SAPU KAZA rapid-response, anti-poaching …

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China dismisses suggestions COVID-19 pandemic originated from bats or pangolins
3 years, 11 months ago

China dismisses suggestions COVID-19 pandemic originated from bats or pangolins

ABC  

China has dismissed suggestions by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the coronavirus pandemic could have originated from bats or pangolins. Key points: Scientists suspect that the coronavirus came from an animal source World Health Organization experts will begin their visit to Wuhan this week China has been strictly controlling all research into the origins of COVID-19, according to AP …

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UK-China tensions escalate after Covid and human rights comments
3 years, 11 months ago

UK-China tensions escalate after Covid and human rights comments

Daily Mail  

Tensions with China escalated again today as Tories warned the 'Golden Age' in relations is over - and Beijing accused the UK of 'spreading lies' about human rights abuses. The prevailing theory is that Covid-19 emerged in Wuhan's infamous wet market, where hundreds of different species of animals were kept in cramped cages dangerously close to one another, sometime last …

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Feeding to coaxing back to health: Volunteers in South Africa take care of pangolins rescued from poachers
4 years, 1 month ago

Feeding to coaxing back to health: Volunteers in South Africa take care of pangolins rescued from poachers

Hindustan Times  

The traumatised pangolins arrive at a Johannesburg wildlife clinic emaciated and badly injured. Veterinary nurse, Alicia Abbott, of the African Pangolin Working Group in South Africa holds a pangolin, at a Wildlife Veterinary Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. Veterinary nurse, Alicia Abbott, of the African Pangolin Working Group in South Africa examines a pangolin, at a Wildlife Veterinary Hospital in …

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Pangolin patrol: Volunteer team rescues endangered animals
4 years, 1 month ago

Pangolin patrol: Volunteer team rescues endangered animals

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — The traumatized pangolins arrive at a Johannesburg wildlife clinic emaciated and badly injured. The African Pangolin Working Group in South Africa — a team of veterinarians and wildlife experts — have been rehabilitating pangolins rescued from poachers for nearly a decade. “When we receive those pangolins they are all compromised, whether they have been with the poachers for …

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In Darjeeling's Singalila National Park, red pandas and pangolins are being trafficked into extinction
4 years, 3 months ago

In Darjeeling's Singalila National Park, red pandas and pangolins are being trafficked into extinction

Firstpost  

Illegal wildlife trading has become easy and profitable in the Singalila Ridge. Wildlife in trouble Official figures on the number of red pandas and pangolins are not available, as SNP authorities and the Darjeeling Wildlife Division are reluctant to make the information public. But, according to media reports, the number of wild red pandas across SNP and Neora Valley National …

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