World Pangolin Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in February, and this year, the special day falls on February 21, 2015. World Pangolin Day […]
Category: Pangolins
Official Launch of African Pangolin Working Group
The African Pangolin Working Group (APWG), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation and awareness of all four species of African pangolin, will be formally […]
Prince William: Wildlife Trafficking is ‘One of the Most Insidious Forms of Corruption’
In his first-ever visit to Washington, D.C., the Duke of Cambridge spoke at the World Bank on an issue “extremely close” to his heart: the […]
French Wildlife Photography Festival Backs Pangolin Conservation
Courtesy of Dr. Chris Shepherd, Regional Director for TRAFFIC South-East Asia Montier-en-Der, France, November 2014 — The conservation problems facing pangolins were in the spotlight […]
Uncovered: Bali’s Last Pangolins
A sparse and declining population of the now critically endangered Sunda Pangolin remain in Bali’s wild frontiers, but they have little chance of survival without […]
Philippine Court Sentences 12 Chinese Pangolin Traffickers to Prison
The captain and crew of a Chinese fishing vessel found to be smuggling thousands of frozen pangolins have been sentenced to jail. They were arrested […]
All 8 Pangolin Species Threatened with Extinction; 2 Species Now ‘Critically Endangered’
All eight pangolin species are now considered threatened with extinction, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ™. Two […]
Progress for Pangolins at CITES Meeting in Geneva
The 65th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee held in Geneva yielded positive results for pangolins with the establishment of an intercessional working group on […]
Species Survival Network Launches Pangolin Working Group
WASHINGTON, DC – The Species Survival Network (SSN), an international coalition of over 100 NGOs, has established a Pangolin Working Group to address legal and […]
2 Pangolin Smugglers Caught in Vietnam
Custom Control officials in Vietnam’s Quảng Ninh Province have nabbed two pangolin traffickers and seized 220 kg of pangolins from a vehicle. The pair was […]