Great news for endangered pangolins! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced today that Endangered Species Act protections may be warranted for seven pangolin species: the most trafficked mammals in the world! This announcement is in response to a petition submitted by Born Free USA and partners in July 2015.
From Adam M. Roberts, CEO of Born Free USA and Born Free Foundation: “The Endangered Species Act is among the strongest conservation laws in the world, and listing all pangolin species under the Act will be a dramatic and positive step in saving the species from extinction—one that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is uniquely positioned to provide. We congratulate the Service in taking this important initial step.”
We are thrilled with this decision from the FWS, but pangolins still need your help! We’ll soon call on you to write to the FWS in support of protecting these highly imperiled species… Stay tuned!