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Pangolins rank among the most endangered species in the world with demand coming mostly from Asia

The hospital room is air-cooled to feel like a pangolin’s burrow. The patient, Lumbi, is syringe-fed with a protein-packed smoothie, given a daily dose of medicine and has his vital signs checked.

The hospital room is air-cooled to feel like a pangolin's burrow. The patient, Lumbi, is syringe-fed with a protein-packed smoothie, given a daily dose of medicine and has his vital signs checked.

Pangolins are believed to be the most trafficked mammals on earth.

The hospital room is air-cooled to feel like a pangolin's burrow. The patient, Lumbi, is syringe-fed with a protein-packed smoothie, given a daily dose of medicine and has his vital signs checked.

Pangolins rescued from traffickers are being treated at the Johannesburg Wildlife Vet before they're carefully sent back to the wild.

The hospital room is air-cooled to feel like a pangolins burrow. The patient, Lumbi, is syringe-fed with a protein-packed smoothie, given a daily dose of medicine and has his vital signs checked. Lumbi is being treated for a blood parasite after he was rescued from traffickers during a police sting ..

The hospital room is air-cooled to feel like a pangolin's burrow. The patient, Lumbi, is syringe-fed with a protein-packed smoothie, given a daily dose of medicine and has his vital signs checked.

When trafficked, pangolins are emaciated, completely dehydrated, sometimes they are so weak they cant even roll themselves up.

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