Pangolin Conservation and Research Foundation

TRAFFICKING SEASON IS UPON US: Help Us Get Mag'gau back into the wild!

Winter is here in Southern Africa, and with it comes what we call “trafficking season”—a dangerous time when cases of live pangolin confiscations spike across the region. It’s when traffickers take more risks, and pangolins suffer the most. We have had 4 back to back rescues in June alone with 2 animals needing daily veterinary care for and extended period of time. Our team of 6 is working around the clock to ensure their successful rewilding.

When Mag’gau was rescued from traffickers, we thought he would only be with us a short time before being released back into the wild. But his health has been rocky, and it’s now clear he’ll need months of specialized, round-the-clock care if he’s going to survive.

Caring for Mag’gau means more than just feeding him. Our guardians walk with him many hours of the day to help him forage naturally, monitor his health every hour, and provide ongoing veterinary support. This is exhausting work that requires fuel, equipment, staff time, and constant vigilance.

Because of Mag’gau’s critical condition, our small team is stretched thin. His intensive care means we’ve had far less time to check on our other pangolins—including Madala, Malume, Hope, Phinneas, Captain Jack, Harry, Marlene, and Aurora. Each of them also needs monitoring and support to ensure they thrive after rescue.

Your donation today will help us:

$20 = one night of fuel to walk with Mag’gau as he forages

$50 = a week of medication and food supplements for him

$100 = critical veterinary care to stabilize his health

$500 = a month of guardian support so he’s never alone in his recovery

$1,000+ = keeps our rescue vehicles running so we can care for Mag’gau and still reach others in need

Mag’gau’s fight is far from over—but with your support, we can pull him through while making sure none of our other pangolins are left behind.

Please donate and share. Together, we can give Mag’gau a future in the wild, and protect every pangolin depending on us this trafficking season.

Why Your Support Matters

Since our founding, PCRF has:

• Rescued 40 pangolins in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism

• Built a trusted team of pangolin guardians—local rangers protecting biodiversity

• Developed pangolin rehabilitation protocols for Namibia

• Actively contributed to shaping national and regional pangolin conservation strategies

Our team works across some of the most remote and wildlife-rich areas of Namibia and Southern Africa. We are small, efficient, and passionate—and at our breaking point.

You Can Help Right Now

You support will help us with the urgent rehabilitation of Mag'gau. It will also help us with our continued monitoring of recent releases like Aurora, Harry, Hope, Malume, Madala, Captain Jack Sparrow and more!

• Donate today—every contribution helps us keep moving

• Share this campaign with your friends, family, and network—amplify the mission

• Follow us on social media and watch your support in action

Help us stay on the road so pangolins can stay in the wild.

This year, we have faced unprecedented challenges in our mission to protect pangolins.

But amidst these challenges, there is hope—and her name is Hope.

Why Your Support Matters:

Hope is one of nine pangolins rescued this year with PCRF’s assistance, six of whom have undergone rehabilitation. At just a year old, she came to us weak, scared, and dangerously underweight. After months of round-the-clock care, she’s grown stronger every day. However, the severe drought continues to limit food availability, making it unsafe for her to survive on her own just yet.

Hope’s journey is a powerful reminder of what your support can make possible.

$50 provides one day of rehabilitative care, including supplemental feeding and daily foraging opportunities.

$100 fuels daily foraging trips and monitoring for pangolins in rehabilitation.

$250 supports one veterinary visit, covering a full exam, diagnostics, and any necessary intensive care.

$750 helps cover the team's salaries contributing towards intensive rehabilitation of animals in our care.

$1,000 helps cover the tags for post-release monitoring of one animal to ensure the release is successful or intervene if necessary.

$2,500 contributes significantly to services and repairs or towards a new field vehicle, ensuring we can reach pangolins in need and monitor their releases.

And thanks to a generous matching donor, every dollar you give up to $2,500 will be doubled!

Be Part of the Hope:

This Giving Tuesday, your gift can provide pangolins like Hope the care they need to survive and thrive. Hope represents the resilience of every pangolin we rescue—fragile at first, but with the right care, strong and ready to return to the wild when the time is right.

Donate Now and Double Your Impact!

Together, we can give pangolins the gift of hope this holiday season. Please share this campaign with your friends and family, and help rally others to join the cause.

PCRF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and your donation is fully tax-deductible within the extent of IRS guidelines. EIN: 92-0508206.

Thank you for being part of Team Pangolin and for standing with us in this mission. Your support means the world.

Dear Pangolin Friends,

We need your help! After 2 years of living out of a car, we have been planning the launch of our field base camp for the Nyae Nyae Pangolin Project in July. Our goal is to establish a long-term resident pangolin research center accepting local and international students with a special focus on community support. This move will allow us to expand our protection of pangolins through the pangolin ranger program and tag more free-roaming pangolins to better understand their ecology. We are so thankful for the very generous support of donors who contributed towards a storage container that has been outfitted with solar power, office furniture, an attached outdoor bathroom, and water tank.

We were hoping to already be sharing the inauguration with you, but unfortunately have run into some unforeseen circumstances and had to move the site location at the last minute. And by last minute, we literally mean the very last minute. The storage container is scheduled to be delivered from Namibia’s capital (Windhoek) to our remote location in just 2 weeks, and cannot be delayed.

The original location had basic infrastructure, but the new one does not. In the next 2 weeks, we have to set the foundations, clear roads, and dig a pipeline over 1 mile / 2 km long. An enormous task.

We hate to ask for help, but we urgently need your support to accomplish this. We need to raise $10,000 USD to:

Additionally, this will provide running water to the community campsite - something that will increase the benefit to the community and tourists alike who stay there.

As a special thanks to those of you who donate $25 or more, your name will be put on the storage container. In this way, you will forever be part of this critical milestone in our history. In addition, we have outlined the following levels of support and corresponding tokens of appreciation: