Pangolins

Vietnam's Pangolin Defender Wins Top Prize

A Vietnamese conservationist working to save pangolins from the devastating multi-billion-dollar wildlife trade won a prestigious award Tuesday for his role in rescuing over a thousand of one of the world's most endangered creatures.Highly prized in China and southeast Asia for their flesh, pangolins are seen as a delicacy for the mistaken belief that they can cure anything from impotence to cancer.Nguyen Van Thai, director of Save Vietnam's Wildlife (SVW), has been at the forefront

17 June 2021
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Philippine Pangolins In Grave Danger

The COVID-19 coronavirus is said to have been passed to humans from a wild animal. Since the initial outbreak in Wuhan, China in December 2019, a number of animals have been suspected to be responsible for the COVID-19 virus. Some believe that it could have originated from horseshoe bats, snakes or even pangolins.Pangolins are the only mammals wholly-covered with scales which they use to protect themselves from predators in the wild.

13 March 2021
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Philippine Pangolins In Trouble

The COVID-19 coronavirus is said to have been passed to humans from a wild animal. Since the initial outbreak in Wuhan, China last December, a number of animals have been suspected to be responsible for the COVID-19 virus. It is believed that the disease could have originated from horseshoe bats or snakes.

6 August 2020
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Indonesia’s Sunda pangolins facing 'high risk of extinction'

Indonesia is undoubtedly one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, let alone in the Southeast Asia region. Although there have been management efforts to conserve this natural richness, the country has long been recognised as a significant illegal wildlife trade hub.

22 December 2017
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ASEAN Roundup: December 11 - December 17, 2017

ASEAN GeopoliticsThis week, sanctions on North Korea were further tightened after Pyongyang’s refusal to halt their nuclear program – the latest being Thailand which has been called on by the United States to put more trade and diplomatic pressure on the hermit nation.The ASEAN Post also covered the prospect of achieving a “high quality” Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership in pursuit of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP).Outcome of RCEP negotiations so far.The question of U

17 December 2017
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Southeast Asia – Gold mine for pangolin poachers

The pangolin is a mammal not known to many, yet it is the most trafficked animal in the world. Its large Keratin scales – which are hard and sharp – cover its skin help protect it from carnivorous predators such as tigers, lions and leopards.

3 November 2017
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Indonesia seized 101 pangolins on fishing boat

Indonesian authorities have seized more than 100 pangolins, all of them alive, an official said Wednesday, a haul of the critically endangered species that conservationists estimate to be worth about 1.5 million dollars.Indonesian officials discovered the pangolins on Tuesday in a raid on a fishing boat off the east coast of Sumatra island, the navy said in a press statement.Authorities were tipped off by local residents who said men were attempting to smuggle the scaly mammals to Malaysia.Pa

25 October 2017
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