The cruel and inhumane trafficking in Pangolins in Vietnam and throughout Southeast Asia must be stopped! Please watch this video by @vietnamwildlife and support their heroic efforts to save poached Pangolins! This is a #repost from @lastchanceearth via @PhotoAroundApp This ridiculous illegal trade is cruel and horrible, trapping and terrorizing to kill them for fake medicine. These noble creatures need our help and awareness. I am featuring Pangolins and organizations like these in my coloring book, launching tomorrow on 8/9! ✨ #rp @vietnamwildlife - URGENT RESCUE: We need help! On August 3rd 2017, we received a phone call alerting us to a confiscation of 72 critically endangered Sunda Pangolins and Chinese Pangolins who were detected by Vietnamese government authorities trying to cross into China as part of the illegal wildlife trade, to be sold for traditional medicine and bushmeat. We deployed our Rapid Response Team on a rescue mission that lasted 12 hours, from 5pm until 5am. Sadly, by the time we arrived, only 34 Pangolin were still alive. Many of them have injuries that appear to have been sustained during capture from the wild, as hunters use snare traps or cut through the tree branches to get the Pangolin hiding in the hollow. Pangolins instinctively curl up in a tight ball when afraid and the hunters tie them in mesh bags so tightly that they are unable to uncoil and many suffocate in their own urine and faeces. Before being traded, they were forcefully uncurled, had a tube inserted down their throat and had their stomachs pumped full of gruel so they weighed more for sale. If you would like to donate you can do so via this link in our bio.Thank you! #Pangolins #SaveThePangolin #StopIllegalPoaching #StopTheIllegalWildlifeTrade #VietnameseWildlife https://www.instagram.com/p/B0bwYOBA1u6/?igshid=nnu7iehbb94o
