Fauna & Flora International appeal: help protect the Sunda pangolin
Hunted down, trapped and
killed, pangolins like the one
in the picture above are being
slaughtered at a phenomenal
level. Hundreds are being
snatched from the wild every
day and unless we act now,
this enchanting mammal
could soon be lost forever.
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Fauna & Flora International(FFI) has put out a call to help
protect the last remaining
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Sumatran forest, a remaining
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If you believe that the
Sunda pangolins should be
protected, then the time to
act is now.
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funds which could help
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FFI’s approach is already
producing some very“If you value the natural
world – if you think it should
be protected for its own sake
as well as humanity’s – then
please support Fauna & Flora
International.”
Sir David Attenborough,
Fauna & Flora International
vice-presidentPhot
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