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pangolin news

Army rescues highly endangered pangolin on Indo-Pak international border

Army officials handling over the pangolin to the forest department officials on Saturday. (File)
Published on Jul 13, 2025 09:18 am IST

Pangolin rescued few days back released in forest area in Odisha

The image shows the rescued pangolin.
Published on Jan 03, 2021 05:58 pm IST

Pangolin rescued as police busts wildlife trade racket in Odisha

The image shows the rescued pangolin.
Published on Dec 23, 2020 04:49 pm IST

Maharashtra becomes first state in India to get dedicated action plan to protect pangolins

Pangolins are listed in Schedule I of India’s Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, implying the highest degree of protection.
Updated on Dec 15, 2020 05:39 pm IST

Feeding to coaxing back to health: Volunteers in South Africa take care of pangolins rescued from poachers

Veterinary nurse, Alicia Abbott, of the African Pangolin Working Group in South Africa holds a pangolin, at a Wildlife Veterinary Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. The group have been rehabilitating pangolins rescued from poachers for nearly a decade.
Published on Nov 04, 2020 06:20 pm IST

Rare pangolin rescued from smuggler, accused arrested

The image shows the rare pangolin rescued from the smuggler.
Published on Jun 28, 2020 01:14 pm IST

Pangolin rescued, poacher arrested in Bengal

A person was arrested for attempting to smuggle a pangolin abroad from Jalpaiguri, West Bengal.
Updated on Jun 24, 2020 04:09 pm IST

Endangered pangolin suspect No.1 as direct source of coronavirus outbreak

After testing more than 1,000 samples from wild animals, scientists at the South China Agricultural University found the genome sequences of viruses in pangolins to be 99 percent identical to those on coronavirus patients
Updated on Feb 08, 2020 12:32 am IST

Villagers thought it’s a crocodile, it turned out to be this rare animal

This nocturnal animal feeds mainly on ants and termites (representational image).
Updated on Oct 17, 2019 05:21 pm IST

Forest officials rescue Indian pangolin from a house in Odisha

pangolin are considered to be at high risk of extinction.
Updated on Aug 31, 2019 06:15 pm IST

Pangolin, world’s most poached scaled mammal, rescued in Dalma Sanctuary

Forest officials rescued this Pangolin and released it in a safe part of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary in Jamshedpur, on Monday, July 22, 2019.
Published on Jul 23, 2019 02:15 pm IST

Pune police arrest three men for trying to sell endangered pangolin in Katraj

With court’s permission, the pangolin will be kept with the forest authorities after which it will be freed.
Updated on Jan 31, 2019 04:08 pm IST

Two held in Thane for trying to sell pangolin, a highly endangered animal

The pangolin was kept in a plastic bag and hidden under a cloth.
Updated on Jan 09, 2019 10:25 am IST