Video: Rare, endangered mammal safely rehabilitated in Phuket

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Video: Rare, endangered mammal safely rehabilitated in Phuket

Sahar Aftab Paliwala

 

 

PHUKET: A night guard working in Rawai discovered a rare and endangered mammal early yesterday morning, and quickly sprang into action to protect the creature from harm.

Guard Sanya Ritto noticed a creature in the undergrowth during one of his security rounds at the Rawai Villas development. Recognizing it as a Sunda pangolin, he approached it. However, following its natural instincts against predators, the pangolin wrapped itself into a tight ball.

Mr Sanya grabbed it by its tail and delivered it to the estate, informing the estate manager, Sorapan Ruffier, of his discovery.

Working quickly to make the creature as comfortable as possible, another guard, named Rungroj Jaengmeg, built a temporary enclosure for it and dug up ant hills to feed it.

“Such was his concern for the animal’s well-being that he didn’t realize he was being bitten all over his arms at the time,” Rawai Villas estate developer Bob Windsor told the Phuket Gazette.

 

 

 

Full story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Video-Rare-endangered-mammal-safely-rehabilitated-Phuket/66198?desktopversion#ad-image-0

 

 

 

-- © Copyright Phuket Gazette 2017-01-28

[tagalong]

The way these animals have been slaughtered over time it is a bloody wonder one is found alive......

Good to see some kindness still exists in this horrible world.....Praise to the security guard.....

[The Dark Lord]

I thought this was a reference to an honest cop.

 

silly me!

[Panda13]

[emoji106] A big thank you.

[catinthehat]

1 hour ago, tagalong said:

The way these animals have been slaughtered over time it is a bloody wonder one is found alive......

Good to see some kindness still exists in this horrible world.....Praise to the security guard.....

While  working and residing in a construction site camp in Laos I tried to explain to the Laos cooks that these are protected. .Yet they insisted on serving them BBQ'd in meals to the upper management of the company.

They claimed the taste was exquisite.

[biplanebluey]

5 hours ago, tagalong said:

The way these animals have been slaughtered over time it is a bloody wonder one is found alive......

Good to see some kindness still exists in this horrible world.....Praise to the security guard.....

What a lovely creature------well done that man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[realenglish1]

 

It should be handed over the the wildlife  authorities to look after Just building a little cage and putting it inside is not a good thing

[Mousehound]

The article states the animal has been placed a in a protected reserve.

[smotherb]

Rare endangered mammal, that headline really threw me off, I thought you were talking about good-looking bar girls.