New documentary shines light on plight of pangolins, one of the world's most trafficked mamals

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New documentary shines light on plight of pangolins, one of the world's most trafficked mamals  Pangolins are one of the world's most trafficked mammals, prized for their meat and scales, for use in traditional medicine. Now a new documentary, 'Pangolin: Kulu's Journey' follows a baby pangolin, rescued from poachers, as he journeys back into the wild.   READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/06/06/new-documentary-shines-light-on-plight-of-pangolins-one-of-the-worlds-most-trafficked-mama  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Native to Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, pangolins are the only mammals covered in scales.

00:07This baby pangolin lives at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo,

00:10the only place in the U.S. where visitors can see pangolins up close.

00:15Pangolins are also one of the world's most trafficked mammals,

00:19prized for their meat and scales, which are used in traditional medicine.

00:24Poaching and deforestation of their natural habitats

00:27have drastically reduced their population,

00:30and several pangolin species are now listed as threatened or endangered.

00:36Now a new Netflix documentary is bringing long-overdue attention to the creatures.

00:41Pangolin Kulu's Journey follows a baby pangolin

00:44as he journeys back to the wild after being rescued from poachers.

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