They look like dinosaurs and they need your help

 

There are few stories more tragic than that of the little pangolin.

The pangolin is the most poached animal in the world, and over the last decade, it’s estimated that more than a MILLION pangolins have been killed for their scales and meat. And just last month, a giant pangolin was kidnapped and held for ransom, a disturbing new trend in wildlife crimes. 

This World Pangolin Day, we must stand strong in the face of the senseless rainforest destruction that puts our timid scaly friends at risk. Together, will you help us raise awareness of their plight?

Nearly every three minutes, a pangolin is taken from the wild — that means, in the next 24 hours, over an estimated 480 pangolins will disappear forever. This week, we have one simple goal: raise $2,000 before World Pangolin Day on Saturday, February 19th to help prevent deforestation and poaching. Is a pangolin’s life worth $20 or $25 to you? Will you help to protect these critically endangered animals and their disappearing habitats?

Deforestation is directly tied to poaching. As trees are bulldozed or set on fire to create palm oil plantations, roads are developed to create deeper and deeper access into the rainforest, leaving wildlife like pangolins extremely vulnerable to poaching.

Pangolins are solitary animals, so this week we want them to know that they’re not alone.

Sunda pangolins are on the edge of extinction. They aren’t prepared to defend themselves against human predators who are empowered by the destruction of their rainforest home and driven by profit from the illegal trade of pangolin scales and meat. 

That’s why we’re trying to mobilize support right now: stop tropical deforestation and keep the world’s rainforests standing. Endangered animals rely on these forests for food, water, and shelter and they’re disappearing at alarming rates.

The pangopups, who ride on their mom’s tail for the first three months of their lives, need us to fight back against greedy Conflict Palm Oil culprits. As Indonesia’s rainforests continue to be cleared for palm oil plantations, Sunda pangolins lose the habitat they depend on for survival. Will you join Team Pangolin with a gift today?

This chain of destruction must stop so that the pangolins, their pangopups and all of their neighbors can thrive in the wild. Because deforestation is dangerous for us too: there’s a greater risk of exposure to dangerous diseases. When we lose rainforests we lose irreplaceable safeguards for our communities and for the planet. It has to stop before it’s too late. 

Together we can put a stop to the tropical deforestation that’s pushing pangolins towards extinction.

For people, planet and pangolins,

Maggie Martin
Senior Forest Campaigner
Rainforest Action Network

 

 

 

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