Between 2010 and 2021, over 200 tons of pangolin parts were seized in wildlife crimes linked to Nigeria. That’s at least 800,000 slaughtered pangolins.
Today, this number will be closer to one million.
Hundreds of thousands of pangolins are poached every year.
They are the most trafficked mammal on earth.
Today, they have one last hope.
African pangolins are routinely trafficked to Asia to be used in useless traditional “medicines,” and Nigeria is a key hub for this despicable trade.
But there are good people fighting to save these vulnerable animals.
Our partner works tirelessly to intercept poachers and rescue pangolins — like tragic baby pangolin Lulu. This tiny pup was found bewildered and confused in a chaotic bushmeat market in Nigeria, still clinging to her mother’s lifeless body.
Heartbreakingly, it was too late for her mother, but today, the heroes who rescued Lulu need your help to keep saving lives.
Nigeria’s first dedicated pangolin nursery and ICU is almost complete. With your continued support, we will fill it with vital equipment to save baby pangolins.
Countless pangolins – mostly babies – arrive in our partner’s care with severe, life-threatening injuries. They need critical, intensive care immediately to stand a chance of survival. Credit: Green Fingers Conservation Centre
Together with our partner, Greenfingers Wildlife Conservation Initiative (GWCI), and with our supporters’ help, we built Nigeria’s first dedicated pangolin ICU and nursery. This is a groundbreaking step in protecting the species.
The building and interior is now complete. The facility provides a safe, quiet and sterile environment for rescued pangolins – a species notoriously difficult to care for in captivity, as they are highly susceptible to stress and infections.
But…
Without vital diagnostic tools and veterinary equipment, the clinic is unable to meet all the medical needs of pangolins arriving with severe, life-threatening injuries and illnesses, or those in shock after their traumatic experiences.
Will you help us complete this critical care unit today?
Rescued pangolin ‘Little Lulu’ was found clinging to her mother’s lifeless body. She survived – but like so many others, she needs long-term, round-the-clock intensive care. Credit: Green Fingers Conservation Center
With your help, we can raise the $7,000 (around £5,270) needed to finish equipping this facility with crucial, life-saving veterinary equipment.
Your donation will help stabilize, diagnose and provide immediate intensive care for up to 15 pangolins at a time, including severely traumatised infant pangolins rescued from bushmeat markets, who arrive orphaned and in critical condition. Without specialized medical care, they will not survive.
Every day we delay could mean the difference between life and death for pangolins rescued from poachers and meat markets across Nigeria.
We cannot rescue more pangolins until we have a fully equipped facility. We need your help TODAY.
Credit: ASI/Byron Seale
Pangolins are fragile, helpless and rapidly declining at the hands of ruthless poachers. Every life matters – and this clinic is critical.
The faster we act, the sooner we can save them. Please, donate right away, and be a beacon of hope for this precious species.
