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Pangolins are being decimated on a global scale. Illegal hunting kills 500 wild pangolins a day and drives illegal international trade in their meat and scales. Habitat destruction robs those left of a home. Attacked across two continents, their annihilation is imminent. Secure their future today.
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Situation
The elusive pangolin is THE most trafficked mammal in the world. With over one million pangolins illegally killed in the last decade, only immediate intervention will prevent pangolin extinction - before we've even had a chance to understand their importance to our ecosystems. Relentlessly targeted on all fronts for their parts, as well as for bush meat or being brutally killed on electric fences, human actions will result in the pangolin's extinction within a decade unless we act now.
Solution
DSWF works at all levels of the illegal wildlife chain to protect pangolins and reduce demand for them on the black market, and as a consumer product. We work in both Africa and Asia to prevent poaching at its source, funding research, education and law enforcement efforts to tackle illegal trafficking. By supporting wildlife rangers on the ground with training and equipment, and working alongside local communities, we can directly prevent the poaching and trafficking of pangolins.
