07
Sep
2012
01
Sep
2012
Authorities apprehended two suspects and seized five kilograms of pangolin scales in Manipur’s Thamnapokpi earlier this week.
09
Jul
2012
Police in Manipur seized 19.8 kg (43 lbs) of pangolin scales from two smugglers over the weekend.
16
May
2012
Forest department officials in India have returned a ten kilogram pangolin to the wild, after it wandered into a populated area.
14
May
2012
An Indian Paramilitary force has busted two wildlife smugglers carrying pangolin scales toward the Myanmar border.
14
Mar
2012
A pangolin has been rescued from a well.
One Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) is thanking his lucky stars, after forest rangers rescued him from the bottom of a well in Gujarat.
01
Feb
2012
Indian pangolin hitches a ride in the chassis of a new car.
A driver transporting a new car from a showroom in northern India was quite surprised when he discovered a rare creature stowed away in the chassis of the vehicle.
03
Jan
2012
2011 deals yet another massive blow to the world’s pangolins, with possibly 40,000 – 60,000 slaughtered last year alone.
Updated with new information on 6 August, 2012.
The year 2011 saw a minimum of 58 pangolin seizures reported by media and wildlife trade-monitoring networks, TRAFFIC and Southeast Asian Nations Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN).
The incidents spanned across more than fourteen different countries in East and Southeast Asia, France, and numerous African nations.
23
Nov
2011
Thanks to a few caring citizens, a pangolin has escaped persecution and poaching – at least for now.
Life is hard for pangolins, as they face daily threats of being poached, losing habitat, or being brutally murdered by angry mobs of humans.
06
Nov
2011
Indian security forces arrest two men and seize fourteen kilograms of pangolin scales.
Last week, the Assam Rifles—an Indian paramilitary force—apprehended two young men and seized from them fourteen kilograms of pangolin scales, two mobile phones, and a bank card, according to online news source, E-Pao. Read more