Pangolins could go extinct before most people even know they ... Of the eight extant species, four occur in sub-Saharan Africa and four inhabit parts of Asia, from Pakistan to China and the ...

Millions of pangolins are being hunted and killed in Africa, raising fears that they are being pushed to extinction. The pangolin is the world's most trafficked and poached mammal, because of the ...

All eight species of pangolins, four in Africa and four in Asia, are in danger of extinction driven by the illegal trade. That’s why Tamuda’s caregiver isn’t being named. He and Hywood worry ...

with African pangolins being poached and sent to Asia. Now, all eight species are involved in illegal wildlife trade. In 2016, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild ...

The secret life of the world's most trafficked mammal, the pangolin, has been caught on ... which are being pushed to extinction by illegal hunting for scales and meat. Large numbers of their ...

GLAND, Switzerland— Three pangolin species have moved closer to extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) declared today in an update to its respected “Red List of ...

governments from across the world today recommended a full ban on all trade in Asian and African pangolins. Countries accepted that all eight species should be listed on Appendix I of the Convention ...

and poachers are now turning to Africa's pangolins to meet the burgeoning demand. Pangolins may be poached to extinction in the coming decades if we don't crack down on the trade. The Center and our ...

“Failing at conserving the African penguin would mean that the national government does not fulfil their mandate and that they did not do everything in their power to prevent species extinction ...