IN MEMORIUM – Melinda de Beer
At the African Pangolin Working Group we have some inkling of the love that our followers have for pangolins because of comments on social media and support for our work. Every now and then we get an insight into this love that makes us stop…
NEWS – War, WhatsApp and White-bellied pangolins
It is hard enough keeping pangolins safe in countries at peace, but even harder when you are stuck in the middle of a conflict zone. This account of a pangolin rescue had been put together from the WhatApp messages between an incredible team of dedicated…
NEWS – Catch up with Talking to the Ancient Ones
If you missed APWG co-chair, Alexis Kriel and Wildlife photographer, Gareth Thomas in conversation with Pea Horsley last year, then you can catch up or re-watch them here. Who are the people involved? PEA HORSLEY is the UK’s most highly regarded animal communication specialists. Sowing…
NEWS – CITES CoP19 feedback – a win for wildlife
The Environmental Investigation Agency, published an easily readable post listing the agreements achieved at CITES CoP19 this November. The original can be found here. We are happy that it is an overall win for wildlife, especially the agreement about pangolins. Pangolins were off to a…
Livestream CITES CoP19 between 14 and 25 November 2022
While the world has been focussing on CoP 27 United Nations Climate Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, there is another, related and equally important CoP meeting happening in Panama for the next 10 days – the CITES CoP Conference. ‘CoP’ meeting is the most important…
NEWS – The African Pangolin Working Group’s new identity
We are delighted to share an exciting new phase of growth, with the launch of our new logo and branding. We have spent many months pondering on the perfect way to represent every aspect of our work and then fate lent a hand. While we…
BREAKING – Ally’s story continues
This is a story of the persistence and resilience of a pangolin and of the people who watch over her – the dedicated researchers and wildlife monitors who have kept tabs on her since her release. The pangolin in this story is our very own…
NEWS – Changes at the African Pangolin Working Group
We value your contribution to our mission to save the most trafficked mammal! With your help, we have had our best year so far and we have new and exciting plans for the future of our organisation. You will find our Chairman’s report here. We…
Groundbreaking sentence in pangolin poaching case
On 17 September, 2019 at Silver Oaks, Pretoria, members of the Cullinan Stock Theft & Endangered Species Unit, assisted by members from K9 Benoni, Silverton and Law Enforcement Officials from the Gauteng Department of Agriculture & Rural Development also known as the Green Scorpions, and…
WATCH – Pangolins are People Too
On Thursday 13 May 2021 we took part in a very enjoyable panel discussion hosted by Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Books) and Richard Peirce, author of Pangolins: Scales of Injustice While we did not get to all the questions posed before the event,…