World Pangolin Day has come around again and it’s time we started valuing this unique creature - EIA World Pangolin Day has come around again and it’s time we started valuing this unique creature
Chris Hamley
Senior Pangolin Campaigner
Pangolins have been the focus of growing attention in recent years due to the massive quantities of their scales illegally traded for traditional medicine produced in China.
In 2020, the pangolin became an allegory for humanity’s destructive relationship with planet Earth when it was suggested to have played a role in the spill-over of the coronavirus from animals to humans.