Plans for a South African pangolin refuge

By Christopher Torchia
Updated June 16 2018 - 7:41pm, first published 7:36pm
A South African refuge is planned for sick or rescued pangolins, which are heavily trafficked.
A South African refuge is planned for sick or rescued pangolins, which are heavily trafficked.

Monitored by a conservationist, a young pangolin slurped ants with a long tongue near a veterinary hospital that became a temporary home after the animal was found near the body of its mother, killed by a jolt from an electric fence. The six-month-old scaly anteater foraged on a hillside, building up strength in a tiny step for a global campaign to save one of the world's most heavily trafficked mammals.

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