save the pangolins

Pangolins are scaled mammals that are closely related to anteaters. These nocturnal creatures spend their nights eating ants and termites. Pangolins generally only give birth to one baby at a time. Their offspring, called “pangopups,” are very dependent on their mother and can be seen riding around on her tail when they are tired. Pangolins roll up into a ball when they are scared, stressed, or frightened.Rainforest Action Network is fighting alongside frontline communities to defend the habitats of two different pangolin species: the Sunda pangolin (pictured above) which is being threatened by Conflict Palm Oil and the Indian pangolin that is threatened due to a coal power plant being planned in the mangrove forests in Eastern India.

While pangolins are being killed in staggering numbers for their scales by poachers, their habitat is also being destroyed by large corporations in the pursuit of profit by means of building coal-fired power plants, paper and clothing made from pulp, illegally harvested lumber and the production of Conflict Palm Oil.