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Just look at this beautiful kitten at the SPCA, was fostered by one of the volunteers and are now back for adoption, I am sure this little beauty will be homed soon, seeing that the SPCA will be flooded by small kittens, needing loving and forever homes.
It’s been three years since the SPCA hosted an open house where free photos are offered for owners that return with their adopted pets. I really like this candid shot captured by Jenna Padfield.
CHINESE PANGOLIN
Pangolins are unusual looking mammals covered in hard scales which are made of keratin – the same substance that forms our fingernails. They can consume up to 20,000 insects a day!
Most pangolin species are now being driven toward extinction primarily because of the demand for their keratin scales, even though there is NO scientific evidence to suggest that the scales contain healing properties or special medicinal functions.
The Chinese Pangolin is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List. It's also a protected species under the Wild Animals Protection Ordinance Cap. 170 in Hong Kong and it's a scheduled species under the Protection of Endangered Species of Animals and Plants Ordinance (Cap. 586), which gives effect to CITES. Any commercial trading of the Chinese Pangolin (which is in CITES I), or its body parts, has been banned.
The IUCN estimate that a pangolin is poached every 5 minutes globally. Pangolins are injected with water and/or force fed with inappropriate diet to increase their mass and therefore commercial value.
Between 2015 and 2019, Hong Kong authorities seized over 35 tons of pangolin scales that represented about 70,000 pangolins. Less than 20% of these seizures were prosecuted.
- If you are extremely lucky to spot a healthy pangolin in Hong Kong, report your sighting to biodivcon@afcd.gov.hk (photo proof required)
- If you encounter an injured or distressed pangolin or any other wild animal in Hong Kong, call AFCD (1823) or SPCA (2711 1000) immediately (both are 24-hour hotlines).
Sources and useful links:
1) Kadoorie Farm website
2) Pangolin Action Plan 2019-2024 Hong Kong
3) Trading in Extinction - the Dark Side of Hong Kong's wildlife trade www.kfbg.org/upload/Publications/WLC_FullReportEng_FINAL.pdf
Free photos are offered each year at the SPCA reunion for owners that return with their adopted pets.
Photo by Jenna Padfield
(1161-ZULU or BOWEVEL -tuxedoboykittenresaminit) It may turn out that ZULU isn't ZULU, after all. He is more likely BOWEVEL. I have to check into it.
OK, he is Bowevel. Very cute either way...