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