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 …
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 …