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Pangolins pushed to the brink of extinction 26 Feb 2021 A pangolin skin is displayed amongst other exotic and illegal animal parts at a stall on February 17, 2016 in Mong La, Myanmar. Mong La, the capital of Myanmar's Special Region No. 4, is a mostly lawless area where Chinese tourists are able to cross the border for exotic poached animals, gambling, and prostitution. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images) Time is running out to save the imperilled and enigmatic pangolin from certain extinction.  “If something isn’t done within the very small window we have right now, I think all speci...

weekly newspaper. It has been a big year for the pangolin: the glaring stage light of Covid-19 has fallen on this shy, scaly mammal as the possible source of the virus that has brought the world to its knees. In February last year, Daily Maverick broke the story linking pangolins as the likeliest vector of Covid-19 via bats to humans. The exact source has not been confirmed yet, but the attention, though it comes from panic and fear, might be the best thing that ever happened to what has been called “the most trafficked mammal you’ve never heard of”.

Lesser-known facts about the ancient, ghostly pangolin  Nica Richards Picture: Michel Bega Trying to get the number of wild pangolins ‘is like trying to count a ghost – it is almost impossible’. Pangolins are some of the world’s oldest inhabitants, but illegal trade may see a species that has called earth home for at least 84 million years disappear.  They may loo...