Fresh start: Endangered pangolins treated at Joburg vet clinic
Pangolins rescued from traffickers are being treated at the Johannesburg Wildlife Vet before they're carefully sent back to the wild.
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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 can't even roll themselves up.
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