Over the last decade, Nigeria has garnered a reputation as a central hub for Africa’s illegal wildlife trade. With limited data on pangolins, scientists fear the extinction of the species could be near.
ARISE Correspondent, Laila Johnson-Salami speaks to Dr. Mark Ofua, Founder of Saint Marks Animal Hospital & Shelter in Lagos & Charles Emogor, PhD Researcher at Cambridge University & NatGeo Explorer about the systems being established to track the pangolin species, to provide more data to help preserve them and share more details on the illegal wildlife trade in Nigeria.
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