The question that should be discussed is how to implement wild release of Malayan pangolins and how to protect them! Every year, a large number of Malayan Pangolins are handed over by the law enforcement agencies to the wildlife rescue centers in the relevant provinces. Most of them die in just one or two months, and the remaining few are also dead in the cages.

This is a cruel, unbearable reality that is contrary to the ecological civilization! What is ecological civilization, protecting the pangolins, and avoiding them all dying, this is the minimum responsibility, and the critically endangered species should be protected in nature and play an ecological function! If Malayan pangolins are fully proved to be inoperable after being released in the wild in the Chinese mainland (in fact, the opposite is true), it is also important to establish mechanisms to return them to appropriate habitats in an instant. Just like our catalogue of endangered species, “need to go through the procedure, there is no revision”, the procedures that can't be completed in 20 or 30 years, are not accountable?!

The National Forestry and Grassland Administration is not allowed to carry out wild release in China. It should be shipped to Vietnam immediately to release it in the wild, is it ok? Over the years, countless Malayan pangolins have died in the rescue centers of the forestry departments. How many more years to discuss? How many more pangolins do you want to trap to death?

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By / Niu Jingmei