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An in-depth podcast probing the mysteries of the animal world with two award-winning National Geographic investigative journalists.
Join Jeffrey Barbee and Laurel Neme as we journey around the world and discover who is fighting to protect it. Get ready for some frontline encounters with the wild as we talk with some of the planet's most fierce, funny and courageous scientists and other wildlife champions.
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Wednesday Mar 09, 2016
Wednesday Mar 09, 2016
Go behind the scenes of a pangolin rescue with Thai Van Nguyen, founder and executive director of Save Vietnam's Wildlife, and Gillian Foster, the organization's Communications Advisor. Save Vietnam's Wildlife is the first Vietnamese NGO dedicated to saving pangolins. Pangolins are arguably the world's most trafficked mammal, with an estimated 100,000 captured each year. People hunt them for their meat and their scales, which are used in traditional Asian medicine. Vietnam has two of the eight pangolin species, Sunda and Chinese pangolins, both critically endangered. In just eight months (July 2015-February 2016), Save Vietnam's Wildlife rehabilitated and released 75 pangolins rescued from the trade.