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"In Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique, veterinarian Mercia Angela
cradles a baby pangolin in her arms. Perhaps aware that it is safe, it reaches
out and gently pulls her hair.
“Our special unit of rangers who investigate people trying to sell pangolins
rescued this one from a trafficker, and now we’re on a journey to rehabilitate
it, preparing it for its eventual release back into the wild,” she said about
the pangopup.
Pangolins are a keystone species, meaning they play a critical role in shaping
their habitats and altering ecosystems. But they are also the world’s most
trafficked mammal – often hunted for their meat, skin, and even scales, which
some Asian countries believe have medicinal properties. According to the World
Wildlife Fund, pangolin skin is also in demand in the United States and Mexico
for processing into products like boots, belts and bags. Four African
variations of the pangolin are listed as vulnerable on the Red List of
Threatened Species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of
Nature (IUCN).
Some 20 years ago, it’s possible this pangopup – christened Larissa by Angela
and her team – would not have survived or been rescued at all, as Gorongosa’s
wildlife and infrastructure were ravaged amid the country’s post-independence
civil war that pitted the rebel Mozambique National Resistance Movement
(Renamo) against government forces."
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