Traumatised pangolins are being nursed back to health by a dedicated team of volunteers who work to help save the world’s most trafficked mammal from extinction.
Rescued from poachers, the animals arrive at the Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital, funded by Humane Society International/Africa, emaciated and badly injured – but they are the lucky ones.
Every five minutes, a pangolin, the only mammal on the planet to have scales, is poached in the wild for traditional Asian medicine.
