What does a pangolin adoption fund?

Your monthly adoption funds WARN's pangolin programme — grants to in-country rescue partners who respond to trafficking seizures, provide veterinary care for confiscated pangolins (which are highly stress-sensitive and difficult to treat), and support the customs detection units that intercept traffickers at borders.

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Adopt a Pangolin

More pangolins are trafficked than any other mammal on Earth. Your monthly adoption funds seizure rescue, veterinary care, and the customs units intercepting traffickers before they reach the market.

Adopt from £5/month

Pangolin in rehabilitation — most trafficked mammal on Earth

8 species

All IUCN Red Listed

Source: IUCN Red List 2022

1M+

Estimated trafficked 2010–2019

Source: TRAFFIC / UNODC 2021

Most trafficked wild mammal

Source: UNODC World Wildlife Crime Report

4 Asian species Critically Endangered

Source: IUCN Red List

What Your Adoption Funds

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Seizure Response

When customs or police intercept a pangolin shipment, your adoption helps fund the emergency veterinary response that is the animal's only chance of survival.

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Veterinary Rehabilitation

Pangolins are extremely stress-sensitive and rarely survive captivity without specialist care. Your adoption funds the expertise and quiet rehabilitation space they need.

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Customs Detection Training

Your adoption supports training for customs and border force officers to identify pangolin scales, skins, and live animals in transit — stopping traffickers before they reach the market.

Choose Your Adoption Gift

Pick a tier, choose monthly or one-off, and optionally dedicate it as a gift. 100% goes to the pangolin programme.

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Donate £15

Secure · One-off · 100% to the animals.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are pangolins going extinct?

All eight pangolin species are on the IUCN Red List. Four Asian species are Critically Endangered. TRAFFIC and UNODC estimate over one million pangolins were taken from the wild in the decade to 2019. Without enforcement and rescue intervention, population collapse is considered likely for Asian species.

Why are pangolins so hard to rescue?

Pangolins are extremely stress-sensitive and curl into a ball when threatened — making transport traumatic. They rarely survive in captivity without specialist care and a very specific diet. Successful rehabilitation requires quiet, experienced handlers and significant veterinary expertise.

What happens to pangolins after seizure?

Ideally, confiscated pangolins are transferred to specialist rehabilitation centres where they receive veterinary assessment, rehydration, nutrition, and quiet recovery time. If healthy enough, they are released into protected habitat. Survival rates improve significantly with fast, specialist response — which your adoption helps fund.

Can I cancel at any time?

Yes. Email [email protected] and we will cancel within two working days, no penalty.

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