According to the wildlife trade monitoring organization Traffic, an estimated one million pangolins were poached from 2000 through 2013—mainly for their scales, used in traditional medicine.

As the only mammal in the world covered in scales, pangolins are unique. These creatures are solitary and nocturnal. Very […] ...

He now weighs 17 pounds. These pangolins have avoided a major cause of pangolin death -- poaching -- because they were found in shipments that were intercepted by the Vietnamese government ...

Pangolins may be poached to extinction in the coming decades if we don't crack down on the trade. The Center and our partners are working hard to combat rampant pangolin poaching and save one of ...

Wildlife trafficking threatens biodiversity, pushing heavily trafficked mammals toward extinction. Urgent action is needed ...

pangolins play an essential role in maintaining their ecosystem. Their other "unique trait" is that they are the most trafficked wild animal in the world, with more than 900,000 poached in the ...

However, pangolins are now rare in much of China and southeast Asia due to extensive poaching. BREEDING: These creatures are solitary animals that meet only to mate. They are slow maturing, reaching ...

ACCRA - Ghanaian authorities and local organisations are upping their efforts to combat the poaching of pangolins, an endangered mammal whose meat and scales are among the most trafficked ...

300,000 pangolins are poached every year Globally around 300,000 pangolins are poached every year for their meat and scales, used in traditional Chinese medicine. In Taiwan this practice has ...

works with Indigenous communities to reduce pangolin poaching, and collaborates with governments and international agencies to combat pangolin trafficking. He’s also interviewed more than 100 ...

He now weighs 17 pounds. These pangolins have avoided a major cause of pangolin death -- poaching -- because they were found in shipments that were intercepted by the Vietnamese government ...