Formerly known as the Rare & Endangered Species Trust (REST), we've adopted a new identity to help communicate our mission of global pangolin conservation.
You can call me anything you like with our pangolin tracker fundraiser ... within reason, obviously!
See how you can get the chance to give this pangolin pup a name β and grab some other exclusive donor rewards β at π https://t.co/14bxlTTjQH π
You've helped us reach 10% of our fundraiser target already! Thank you so much! We've still got a long way to go though, so if you haven't already, please consider donating at https://t.co/3YLGmqupSK
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This pangolin pup wants a name for Christmas! Donate to our fundraiser and you could be the one who decides what it should be β¦ and pick up some other exclusive donor rewards, too!
Every penny helps, so please give what you can at: https://t.co/14bxlTTjQH
Merry Christmas!
Give this pangolin pup his forever name!
We're calling him Pang until one of you lovely fundraiser donors wins the chance to choose a better name!
Donate to our pangolin tracker fundraiser, and grab your chance to name the little pup, at: https://t.co/14bxlTBIs7
Thank you! π
Interesting things happening in the NFT world as Damien Hirst chooses to burn the physical representations of his art if people choose the NFT version! Our Nifty Pangolins wonβt cost you nearly as much as a Damien Hirst, but they will help to save pangolins!
Your Nifty Pangolin #NFT could be wearing anything! The idea is that in order to escape poachers, they've all dressed up in human clothes. Each NFT means being a member of the community and is a direct contribution towards helping rescue these amazing little guys!
You can now use a credit/debit card to buy your @niftypangolins NFT, which helps us raise funds to create a network of pangolin conservation centres across Africa and Asia. Get yours now at https://t.co/1hyKo8AIsz π
Meet the VIPs β that's the Very Impeccable Pangolins β and they're the ones that have managed to dress themselves properly. Somehow. Collect @niftypangolins NFTs with linked traits and unlock your FREE VIP! https://t.co/y0StS7g1SS
@BitGLEAM Weβre trying to do things in the best way we can. And weβre hoping the spirit of the project and the involvement in the conservation brings everyone together - including some who want to support but have never been into crypto
A criticism of cryptocurrency is often the carbon generated. Today is the long awaited #EthereumMerge which changes all that.
As weβre a conservation-led project we planned our launch date for after #TheMerge so our impact will be so much lower and we will offset.
5/ βThe NiFTY fundraiser is a game changer. It will allow us not only the funds to set up a Centre of excellence for pangolins in Nigeria, but also in 8 other countries which can then share data to understand pangolins as a whole and a different species.β
We launch our @niftypangolins fundraiser 09/22 Founder conservationist Maria Diekmann:
Maria is one of a handful of pangolin experts worldwide who have successfully raised pangolins from pups. She is dedicated to these wonderful and ancient creatures.
4/It will help by giving support to other conservationists to build specially adapted pangolin areas, providing difficult-to-source food, and sharing research to increase knowledge and improve the success of rehabilitation and release.
3/Pangolins are being taken from the wild at such speed that without further action right now, they could be extinct by 2030. The aim of the Nifty project is to help @pangolinsinternational establish a strong network between pangolin rescue centres across Africa and Asia
2/ Rescuing and caring for pangolins for over 20 years, in 2019 Maria and Honey Bun the pangolin were the subject of a #BBC documentary narrated by @davidattenborough which introduced pangolins to many people who had never seen them before.
@RuthHelenSmith1 @Parcs_Gabon Hi Ruth, I'm finishing off a book on pangolins, and would love to include your photo of the giant male. Could you email me at [email protected] please? Thanks, Maria Diekmann.
Encouraging natural instincts is all part of raising orphaned pangolins for release.
Pangolins climb trees in search of ants, and that little sniffer is absolutely essential as they use their sense of smell to find the insects.
The rehab process for young pangolins includes encouraging them to source food in natural habitatπ³
A diet of ants & termites makes them one of natureβs pest controllers π
This is what their scales are for: not for humans to employ as pointless medicine, but to protect them!