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Jackie Chan became the face of a campaign to save one of the world’s most trafficked mammals; his Kung Fu Pangolin campaign urged China to stop buying their scales

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Jackie Chan became the face of a campaign to save one of the world's most trafficked mammals; his Kung Fu Pangolin campaign urged China to stop buying their scales

Jackie Chan, one of China’s best-known film stars, became the face of a high-profile campaign in 2017 aimed at reducing demand for pangolin products and helping protect one of the world’s most trafficked mammals. The campaign, called “Kung Fu Pangolin”, used Chan’s martial-arts image to deliver a simple message to consumers in China and Vietnam, … Read more

Scientists studied pangolin DNA from seven countries and rediscovered Himalayan species that had been ignored since 1836

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Scientists studied pangolin DNA from seven countries and rediscovered Himalayan species that had been ignored since 1836

Specimen at the Goldsmiths Museum. Photo credit: Narayan Koju. In 1836, a young British diplomat and naturalist named Brian Houghton Hodgson was stranded in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, far from the great museums of Europe but close to the forests and hills where many strange and unseen animals still lived. One day, he encountered … Read more