Endangered pangolins get new lease of life in South African clinic

Critical state: A veterinarian checking the vital signs of a rescued pangolin at the Wildlife Veterinary Hospital in South Africa. — The Phnom Penh Post/ANN

The hospital room is air-cooled to feel like a pangolin’s burrow. The patient, Lumbi, is syringe-fed with a protein-packed smoothie, given a daily dose of medicine and has his vital signs checked.

Lumbi is being treated for a blood parasite after he was rescued from traffickers during a police sting in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province late last year.