Help us save the giant pangolin from extinction
The giant pangolin faces a multitude of devastating threats including habitat destruction, illegal poaching, and human-wildlife conflict. That’s why we urgently need to learn more about this elusive species to ensure its survival. We’re working with long-term partners in Uganda to gain knowledge and inform plans to protect giant pangolin populations and save the species from extinction.
Sign up to double your donation & help to save the giant pangolin from extinction
From 22nd - 29th April 2025, you will be able to double your donation to our charity at no extra cost to you through Big Give’s match funding. You’ll be playing a direct role in protecting the endangered Ugandan giant pangolin from extinction.
Your donation will help us to buy cutting-edge AI-powered monitoring cameras, fund three new roles on the ground to engage local communities and build partnerships with regional academic institutions - all of which will help us to protect the Ugandan giant pangolin from threats.
Sign up using the form below and we’ll get in touch with you as soon as our match funding campaign goes live so you can double your donation and help save the giant pangolin.
Donate £3 and our charity will receive £6
Which could help to fund our partner de-snaring team for one day. Their vital work helps to save giant pangolins in Uganda from the imminent threat of snares.
Donate £6 and our charity will receive £12
Which could help to fund a partner ranger for one day. This role is critical in enabling our field programme teams to work safely and efficiently.
Donate £15 and our charity will receive £30
Which will contribute to the £30,000 we need to fund all of the artificial intelligence (AI) cameras needed to effectively monitor giant pangolins across the Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda for one year.
The giant pangolin is listed as Endangered by the IUCN, and population sizes are dwindling as it faces worsening threats. Pangolins are sadly one of the most trafficked mammals in the world – they’re shipped across the world and hunted for their meat and scales. In addition to the devastation of the illegal wildlife trade, pangolins also face threats including habitat loss and land conversion.
Their elusive, solitary and primarily nocturnal lifestyle make these animals hard to monitor, and accurate data on population size and distributions is greatly lacking. To counter this, we’ve developed partnerships with the Uganda Wildlife Authority, Fauna & Flora, Conservation AI and other organisations to learn more about giant pangolin populations.
Our surveys across seven protected areas in Uganda have revealed that the Murchison landscape supports the most important stronghold for this species in all of East Africa. Spanning over 564,200 hectares, this vital conservation area includes Murchison Falls National Park and other protected regions. This diverse landscape supports over 140 mammal species and 450 bird species, forming part of the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot.
This is where we’ve chosen to focus our landscape-wide protection initiatives, and with your support we can achieve our goal of saving the giant pangolin from extinction.
