Peng Yagui told the Beijing News reporter that on the afternoon of July 2, the forestry department received a call from the police saying that a villager in Tianfan Street Town picked up a pangolin, and then called the police and sent it to the police station. "The villagers were found at home, and we speculate that they may have strayed in when they foraged."
Beijing News (Reporter Zhang Jingya) On July 4, a reporter from the Beijing News learned from the Jiangxi Provincial Forestry Bureau that a wild pangolin was found in Poyang County. The relevant person in charge of the Poyang County Forestry Bureau Peng Yagui confirmed the matter to reporters, saying that the pangolin was found in the farmer's house two days ago and has been returned to the wild and further tracked. "This is the first time pangolins have been discovered in Poyang County in the past 10 years. We will include the protection of pangolins in our daily work."
Peng Yagui told the Beijing News reporter that on the afternoon of July 2, the forestry department received a call from the police saying that a villager in Tianfan Street Town picked up a pangolin, and then called the police and sent it to the police station. "The villagers were found at home, and we speculate that they may have strayed in when they foraged."
Through observation, Peng Yagui and his colleagues discovered that this was a larval pangolin weaned for one to two months. "Pangolin is a national first-level protected animal, our county has not found it in the past 10 years." Peng Yagui said that after inspection, it was found to be a wild pangolin, about 50 cm long and weighing about 2.5 kg, covered with scales and grayish brown , In good health.
"At present, the forestry department has released this pangolin in the wild and further tracked this species." Peng Yagui introduced that according to this larva pangolin, it can be inferred that there are still many adult or larval pangolins in Tianfan Street Town. The protection of pangolins will be included in daily work. "This year, we plan to install 100 high-definition infrared cameras in mountain areas, and 26 have been completed so far."
The data show that pangolins are mammals of the pangolinidae pangolinidae, mainly inhabiting moist forests in hills, foothills and plains. On June 3 this year, the State Forestry and Grassland Bureau issued an announcement to officially adjust all species of pangolins in China to national-level protected wildlife.