#WORLDWIDE #SOUTHAFRICA #News #Update - The people who save #pangolins from extinction are volunteers

 

Pangolins arrive at this clinic sick, wounded, and emaciated by poachers. Then volunteers nurse them back to health. Sign Now Dear friends, Pangolins are shy, scaly mammals around the size of housecats. Like any other animal, all they want is a good life free from pain and suffering. But they're being tormented, hunted, maimed, and slaughtered out of existence. In fact, pangolins are one of the most-poached and most-illegally-trafficking animals in the entire world. Who's going to rescue these amazing creatures that are on the brink of extinction? Right now it's a group of volunteers in South Africa known as the African Pangolin Working Group. But they shouldn't have to do this dangerous, vital work on their own. When pangolins arrive at the group's expertly-run veterinarian clinic, many are nearly dead from injuries, dehydration, starvation, or sickness. Some spent days or even weeks being abused by poachers before someone managed to secret them out. Just last year, authorities discovered the sliced-off scales of more than 150,000 murdered pangolins in the hands of smugglers, but the group estimates this only accounts for 20% of the total killings. That means as many as 750,000 pangolins may have been butchered and had the outer layers of their bodies ripped off, just in one single year alone. Tell the governments of South Africa, the United States, and also the United Nations to show real commitment to pangolin protection by providing this group with funds and assistance! Thank you for all that you do,   Miranda B. The Care2 Petitions Team P.S. They've spent almost 10 years saving endangered pangolins, and now they're hoping to crack down on poaching and trafficking, too. But they need governmental help, now.