The Sunda pangolin is a scaly mammal that eats ants, lives in dense forest, and rolls into a tiny ball when scared. Sadly, the pangolin is the most trafficked animal in the world. Hunted for their meat and scales, pangolins are being eaten to extinction. In the past decade, an estimated 1 million pangolins have been trafficked.

The Sunda pangolin is a scaly mammal that eats ants, lives in dense forest, and rolls into a tiny ball when scared. Sadly, the pangolin is the most trafficked animal in the world. Hunted for their meat and scales, pangolins are being eaten to extinction. In the past decade, an estimated 1 million pangolins have been trafficked.

Meet Chanti

Chanti, which is the Khmer name for a cashew nut that she looks like when she is curled up asleep, was rescued in May of 2022. She was found by a family wandering the streets of Phnom Penh with a severed back left leg who contacted our Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team to donate her. The wound was almost completely healed when she was rescued, only requiring some regular cleaning to allow it to finish healing. She was initially transported to Phnom Tamao and then shortly after to our Wildlife Release Station, where she has settled in well.

In 2023 she has been introduced to her first male suitor, to see if she will join our breeding program for her critically endangered species. Whilst Chanti will stay with us for life due to her permanent injury, hopefully, she will help contribute to boosting population numbers in the wild through the release of her offspring.

Pangolins hold the unenviable title of the most trafficked (non human) mammal in the world. Here in Cambodia, there is only one species of pangolin: the Sunda Pangolin. Like all Asian pangolin species, it is listed as globally Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. While the Sunda Pangolin has a large range across much of Southeast Asia, the poaching crisis is leading to their rapid decline. 

Pangolins are sought after for their scales and meat, which are prized in traditional medicine and eaten as a delicacy. 

By sponsoring Raya, you can help bring Sunda Pangolins back from the brink of extinction.

Since 2001, Wildlife Alliance has saved over 400 pangolins from the illegal wildlife trade. 

Our captive breeding and release project at the Wildlife Release Station is two-fold. Firstly, we aim to boost populations in the Cardamom Rainforest Landscape. At the same time, we aim to gain valuable insights into the breeding and husbandry of pangolins in captivity. 

In addition, we are studying suitable methods of release of both wild born rescued and captive bred individuals, with a view to informing  IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group global release protocols.

Sponsor Chanti today to: ensure she receives the best care, including plenty of ants and termites to eat; a choice of logs to sleep in; enrichment, and veterinary care as needed.  

Plus, you can follow her exciting story as a breeding female and you will be first to know if she gives birth to an adorable pangopup! 

Meet Chanti

Chanti, which is the Khmer name for a cashew nut that she looks like when she is curled up asleep, was rescued in May of 2022. She was found by a family wandering the streets of Phnom Penh with a severed back left leg who contacted our Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team to donate her. The wound was almost completely healed when she was rescued, only requiring some regular cleaning to allow it to finish healing. She was initially transported to Phnom Tamao and then shortly after to our Wildlife Release Station, where she has settled in well.

In 2023 she has been introduced to her first male suitor, to see if she will join our breeding program for her critically endangered species. Whilst Chanti will stay with us for life due to her permanent injury, hopefully, she will help contribute to boosting population numbers in the wild through the release of her offspring.

Pangolins hold the unenviable title of the most trafficked (non human) mammal in the world. Here in Cambodia, there is only one species of pangolin: the Sunda Pangolin. Like all Asian pangolin species, it is listed as globally Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. While the Sunda Pangolin has a large range across much of Southeast Asia, the poaching crisis is leading to their rapid decline. 

Pangolins are sought after for their scales and meat, which are prized in traditional medicine and eaten as a delicacy. 

By sponsoring Raya, you can help bring Sunda Pangolins back from the brink of extinction.

Since 2001, Wildlife Alliance has saved over 400 pangolins from the illegal wildlife trade. 

Our captive breeding and release project at the Wildlife Release Station is two-fold. Firstly, we aim to boost populations in the Cardamom Rainforest Landscape. At the same time, we aim to gain valuable insights into the breeding and husbandry of pangolins in captivity. 

In addition, we are studying suitable methods of release of both wild born rescued and captive bred individuals, with a view to informing  IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group global release protocols.

Sponsor Raya today to: ensure she receives the best care, including plenty of ants and termites to eat; a choice of logs to sleep in; enrichment, and veterinary care as needed.  

Plus, you can follow her exciting story as a breeding female and you will be first to know if she gives birth to an adorable pangopup!