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Stakeholders in different institutions are mobilising support for pangolin conversation in Nigeria.
This was disclosed in a statement obtained on Sunday titled ‘NCF, LUFASI, others mobilise support for Pangolin conservation in Nigeria’.
It stated that as the world was faced with the critical challenge of driving pangolin into extinction through Illegal Wildlife Trade, the Nigerian Conservation Foundation in collaboration with Lagos Urban Forest Animal Sanctuary Initiative and Saint Marks Animal Rescue Foundation affirmed their plans and mission in promoting the conservation of Pangolin species in Nigeria.
The declaration to combat IWT by the NGOs was made during the commemoration of the World Pangolin Day on Sunday at Eti-Osa, Lagos.
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