Save pangolins: Stop wildlife trafficking and support pangolin rescue efforts
Help pangolins todayTime is running out for pangolins. Help stop wildlife trafficking and save pangolins before it’s too late.
You can support wildlife rescue operations that save pangolins and stop the illegal pangolin trade.
Pangolins are the most trafficked animals in the world. Despite a global ban, the illegal wildlife trade of pangolin parts continues. It’s estimated that pangolin poaching has claimed the lives of 1 million pangolins over the past 10 years.
These shy and gentle creatures are smoked out of their burrows, trapped, and killed, so their parts can be used in traditional medicine and luxury cuisine. We’re fighting to change this story and save pangolins.
With our partners at Jakarta Animal Aid Network (JAAN), we’re working to stop pangolin poaching and other animal trafficking in Asia. Our goal is to track poachers, rescue pangolins, and support pangolin rehabilitation to give these animals a second chance in the wild.
Our pangolin rescue mission follows three critical stages:
INVESTIGATE: Track down pangolin poachers
We get to the roots of wildlife crime. We support JAAN’s investigators in their undercover work, as they track and infiltrate illegal wildlife trade networks. The team helps law enforcement uncover smuggling routes, arrest wildlife traffickers, and stop wildlife trafficking.
€10 could help fund vital wildlife crime investigations.
RESCUE: Locate and save pangolins
Sumatra’s busy ports are a hotspot for animal trafficking in Asia. Here, hidden in boxes and sacks, pangolins are discovered weak, severely dehydrated, and traumatised. And time is of the essence to rescue pangolins alive.
With our help, the K9 Wildlife Detection Dog Unit and JAAN’s rescue teams work against the clock to locate and save pangolins, providing the emergency veterinary care they need.
€20 could help keep wildlife detection dogs on patrol and fund emergency veterinary care.
RELEASE: Return pangolins to the wild
Pangolin release is our ultimate aim, returning pangolins to their natural habitats for a second chance at life.
Thanks to JAAN’s pangolin rehabilitation efforts, trafficked animals grow strong enough to be transported to release sites, far away from known poachers. JAAN then works with Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry to carefully monitor the released pangolins and ensure their ongoing safety.
€30 could support pangolin rehabilitation and release back into the wild.
Pangolins have never needed your help more
Pangolins are nearing extinction. But your donation can help stop the illegal pangolin trade. It allows us to rescue more pangolins from wildlife criminals and give this exploited animal a chance to thrive, once more, in its natural habitat.
Donate now to save pangolinsPangolin poaching occurs every 3 minutes: We urgently need your support
Your donations help pangolins living in the forests of Asia. Together, we can shine a light on one of the darkest corners of the illegal wildlife trade and bring hope to one of the world’s most trafficked animals.
We will use your donation where the need is greatest to protect animals, like those featured in this appeal, from cruelty and suffering.