Endangered Pangolins

Attitudes are hard to change, and the case of the pangolin or ant eater is no exception.

Rgoeuh Sah in Pah Nmm Akha village
Ampur Mae Faluang, Chiangrai
2002

Story
Prized for its meat, this pangolin is considered endangered. Getting people who have no food in the house to see the animal as anything other than a meal takes some work. Addressing issues of poverty is directly linked to issues of the environment. Thais pay 300 baht for a big pangolin. They can be found in Thai markets. If the Thais hunt them themselves or buy them from the hill tribe is unclear. What is clear is that Thais also like to eat them. A start would be to ban the sales of pangolin meat and an education effort by the government or environmental groups.

The pangolin is an ant eater. Nurses its young, lives in burrows in the ground in jungle areas.