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Novice sculptor creates new artwork to raise awareness of pangolins
By Shakirah Thebus
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Cape Town - A Woodstock resident and novice self-taught chainsaw carver took to sculpting a large fallen tree which had damaged the fence of Queenâs Park High School to raise awareness about the worldâs most trafficked mammal.
Noel McCully, 52, who lives a few metres from the school in Balfour Street, took on the daunting task after her interest in the endangered species reached new heights last year.
The international community commemorated World Pangolin Day last Saturday.
An architect, McCully started chainsaw carving last year aided by online videos. She shared that this had been her biggest feat yet.
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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”.