African Pangolin Working Group
latest news & developments
South Africa’s pangolins face rising threat as illegal trade grows
China has proposed a drastic reduction in the use of pangolin scales for traditional medicine
Facebook is a ‘major enabler’ of illegal trade in wildlife
An Avaaz Investigation shows how its algorithms drag casual users into international wildlife trafficking rabbit hole
Pangolins pushed to the brink of extinction
The trafficking of scales is no longer a ‘niche’ criminal activity, but a serious and organised crime that threatens to make all eight species extinct within 20 years
Saving the world’s most trafficked mammal
Covid-19 has led to a surge in local pangolin poaching cases, but saviours keep fighting.