Pangolin patrol: Volunteer team rescues endangered animals

Pangolin patrol: Volunteer team rescues endangered animals
Veterinary nurse, Alicia Abbott, of the African Pangolin Working Group in South Africa holds a pangolin, at a Wildlife Veterinary Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. The group have been rehabilitating pangolins rescued from poachers for nearly a decade.(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Traumatised pangolins rescued from poachers are being nursed back to health by a dedicated team of volunteers at a South African wildlife clinic.

The animals arrive at the Johannesburg site emaciated and badly injured, but they are the lucky ones, as they will survive thanks to the staff who tend their wounds, feed them and coax them back to health.

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