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Poachers Try to Capture Pangolins | Natural World | BBC Earth

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Poachers have broken in to Maria's sanctuary to try and capture the pangolins with deadly snares.
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Natural World: Pangolins - The World's Most Wanted Animal
The endearing pangolin is a little-known scaly mammal. Found in Africa and Asia, these shy creatures have an unfortunate tagline - they are the most poached and illegally trafficked animals in the world. Based in Namibia, conservationist Maria Diekmann rescues and rehabilitates her local pangolins. In a bid to better understand the global issues they are facing, we follow Maria to Vietnam, Thailand and China into the very heart of the crisis, where demand for pangolin products is greatest. In what turns out to be an emotional journey, Maria joins forces with a Chinese megastar to build a campaign to bring awareness to the plight of an animal most people have never even heard of.
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@MC-MLvii 2 жыл бұрын

The pangolin walks on her hind legs is just too cute! Some people do not deserve earth.

@deborahmatos6575 2 жыл бұрын

So cute

@Tom-yg7mi 2 жыл бұрын

Its pretty selective though to behave like this was one of the biggest problems among humanitie's behaviour

@meg.22 2 жыл бұрын

Leave the poor ball alone 😡 human and lions. We need to give these traffickers death sentence

@Haseri8 2 жыл бұрын

Love Steven's energy, walking up and going "I'd like a job here" and taking to it immediately, wish it would happen to me

@dawnkobylarz7126 2 жыл бұрын

They're so special,it's sad that people don't care about anything but lining their pockets

@laurengilmour5391 2 жыл бұрын

Put a bounty on the poachers! It's a Win Win Situation!

@1028wash 2 жыл бұрын

So killing people to solve the killing of an animal? Terrible logic you can’t be serious smh

@andreabuzzini2061 2 жыл бұрын

@@1028wash killing horrible people, not just people… they’re criminals and cruel. i dont support death penalty, so this ‘solution’ is a bit too much. long long jail time should be sufficient to stop a part of them.

@janszlazak9495 2 жыл бұрын

Poachers are only one side of the problem. As mentioned in the documentary - the Chinese/Asian markets are at fault. If there were no economical incentives to poach for pangolins the African communities would not do it. The ultimate solution is aiding African economies and eliminating the demand in Asia. The scales of pangolins are used in traditional medicine, but the science tells unequivocally there are no health benefits from consuming these scales - its the same as eating your nails or hair. Chemically it is the exact same compound!

@henning_shred 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly👍🏾

@marwingillett1452 2 жыл бұрын

Precisely!

@ZennExile 2 жыл бұрын

there is a simple way to make the life of the Pangolin and in fact ALL other life forms hold a value greater than can be offered by Asian markets. It's actually quite simple and only requires land, solar energy, a connectivity solution, and human effort. But you won't do it yourself. You want someone else to solve the problem for you. That's the catch. YOU have to be the solution. Are you ready for that?

@Thetruepianoman 2 жыл бұрын

@علي القيسي Nothing worth doing is easy :( existence is nice like that 😂

@dt35591 2 жыл бұрын

Of course when China does actually try to crack down on traditional "medicine" like this we see dozens of breathless articles in western media about the ~brutal totalitarian state~ banning traditional medical practices and suppressing ancient Chinese heritage.

@lukkim3171 2 жыл бұрын

If there were no poachers, life would be 50 years ahead of itself

@ZennExile 2 жыл бұрын

poachers aren't the problem. You are the problem.

@astick5249 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZennExile What did he do?

@zweigackroyd7301 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZennExile Did that give you a boost out of your self-hatred? I hope you can find some self-respect, but it seems unlikely.

@ZennExile 2 жыл бұрын

@@zweigackroyd7301 do you even know what you are mad about? Or is this just a thing you do that your family ignores because they are tired of fighting the same battle over and over again for you to learn nothing?

@Jason-Clark235 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZennExile I’m confused about why he is the problem? Explain and NO excuses

@clashclay 2 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised the sun still shines on all of us how wicked people can be.

@dinhquocviet 2 жыл бұрын

but there are still the kind-hearted people who deserve it

@stevo3938 2 жыл бұрын

You need to study astronomy

@kapibear 2 жыл бұрын

I think it’s less about people being wicked and more about people needing to feed themselves/their families. Context is pretty important.

@JanetStarChild 2 жыл бұрын

@@stevo3938 Exactly. Evidently, as proven by the OP, some people don't have a basic grasp of the natural world. These people credulously believe in the supernatural, presuming that our star (the Sun) is a conscious, sapient entity; and that it has special interest on what humans are doing on the third planet.

@ReyBanYAHUAH 2 жыл бұрын

Always remember we must repent of our sins (sin is transgression The Law Of Yahuah The Father in Heaven. The Law are The Books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, & Deuteronomy). We must repent of our sins and Have Belief On Yahusha The Messiah. HE Died and Rose three days later so that we can be forgiven of our sins! Come to HIM🙂

@roxanemarry7337 2 жыл бұрын

I hate poachers and i want them to understand the pain animals go through by punishing them.

@roxanemarry7337 2 жыл бұрын

@@lubrigonbargothka9401 My mistake I didn’t knew that poachers were paid to do this so that they can fulfill their needs. Can you tell me more? I mean who are the ones who buy animals from them?

@roxanemarry7337 2 жыл бұрын

@@lubrigonbargothka9401 Also why is it that the local government allow such dealings there?

@ShredCo 2 жыл бұрын

The poachers wouldn't exist without Chinese merchants.

@astick5249 2 жыл бұрын

@@roxanemarry7337 Its often not allowed but done in secret

@Edward.Newgate. 2 жыл бұрын

@@lubrigonbargothka9401 We can do both at the same time. And Sorry but I'm not, and I can't understand how you can exterminate so many species. And YOU can change that, with the evolution of the eco tourism in Africa. So sorry, but I won't feel anything if a poacher is killed.

@bundleofhumble3119 2 жыл бұрын

Poach the Poachers!

@shaikchandbasha1550 2 жыл бұрын

I think governments should provide some job opertunities in all these areas. This could be one of the significant way of stoping poaching. Because, all these people will be doing poaching for their end meets.

@trndsttr7585 2 жыл бұрын

This problem about pangolin poaching is especially pervasive here in Sindh province of Pakistan. Apparently, they're sold to rich Chinese buyers who believe it's scales and other parts have various healing, vitality etc powers.

@p5eudo883 2 жыл бұрын

These idiotic old Chinese medicine beliefs are at the root of so many poaching problems. All sorts of animals are killed or made to endure torture (such as bear bile extraction) because of these old, false, ridiculous ideas.

@davis9502 2 жыл бұрын

Prayers for you Stephen

@amazin1827 2 жыл бұрын

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE TO RUIN A GOOD THING!

@WTG194 2 жыл бұрын

Maria is a hero!

@jspurs22 2 жыл бұрын

Steven picked the right job for real

@SoraWorkerDrone 2 жыл бұрын

Those poor animals getting captured by those inhumane poachers who not know the consequences of how these animals are important to nature, those vile poachers all need to be stopped.

@tommymessinaiii1737 2 жыл бұрын

We are aware of the irony that pangolins are in grave danger in the wild and more of them may live in zoos or sanctuaries depending on your perspective.

@MazdaTiger 2 жыл бұрын

there are traps in her sanctuary as well in the video so if the wild population are gone, the ones in the sanctuaries are next... just like the rhinos

@sinine1100 2 жыл бұрын

It's hard to raise pangolins in captivity ... not entirely sure why, maybe they don't eat the paste that anteaters commonly consume in zoos. I think only one person has managed to breed pangolins in full captivity?

@ccarl7833 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent work… I would donate if I had more money

@aves4081 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative, the problem really has to be dealt with in its core

@meg.22 2 жыл бұрын

Leave the poor ball alone 😡 human and lions

@lenazubova6692 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful as usual:)

@elpirata5468 2 жыл бұрын

Maria you are not alone So many of us want peace For the world and It's beautiful creatures

@felinafloripa 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful mission. 👏👏👏😍💪🤜🤛

@jattsoorme7415 2 жыл бұрын

The in the last seconds of the video is so cool.

@Kawaiicutiebaby 2 жыл бұрын

That’s is so sad and I love Steve ❤️

@theenlightenedone1283 2 жыл бұрын

Never give up

@TrueSolunar 2 жыл бұрын

Justice for Sandslash!!!

@kuitaranheatmorus9932 2 жыл бұрын

I love pangolin

@galangclbkmv 2 жыл бұрын

Wow beautifully videos god job friend indonesia 🙏🙏🙏

@falanajerido875 2 жыл бұрын

Great information

@heleninglis9961 2 жыл бұрын

Humans are the worst thing that has ever happened to this planet!

@prabhushankar8520 2 жыл бұрын

Good.

@SBJCREATORS 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@soufianebouqssim499 2 жыл бұрын

Nice channel

@Tonyfc3c 2 жыл бұрын

I hate people sometimes.

@andriyslichnyi9607 2 жыл бұрын

💜

@dynamosaurusimperious2718 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@hoangngochieu6171 2 жыл бұрын

Xinh đẹp

2 жыл бұрын

Gelungenes Video Gruß Jürgen 🤠

@WSFM_Rex 2 жыл бұрын

This poor lady

@patriciajohnson-platt4779 2 жыл бұрын

❤❤❤❤🙏

@kamran259 2 жыл бұрын

😢

@HAYUHI.555 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@bradbarnett5464 2 жыл бұрын

🐾Honeybun,... send your power, 'poacher's eternal bed of thorns' to all poachers.

@mrdarktimehistory 2 жыл бұрын

I just came across a great new animal channel. You should give it a try. All Animals Always.

@laurah.7696 2 жыл бұрын

I would be there in a heartbeat working if I did not live in Canada

@khelso739 2 жыл бұрын

❤️💯

@wendyjenkins6076 2 жыл бұрын

help us father god

@anwarparvez5837 2 жыл бұрын

save pengolin save nature

@jeremiahjohns5258 2 жыл бұрын

Okay so Steven is the dude, not the Pangolin. I was so confused at first

@veganforlife1203 2 жыл бұрын

🙏☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

@KingsMom831 2 жыл бұрын

Like your channel name

@veganforlife1203 2 жыл бұрын

@@KingsMom831 thank you very much💞💚

@yordanartvb 2 жыл бұрын

😎👏👏👏

@Rebotified 2 жыл бұрын

What is the name of the song they use at the end?

@lifeisshort.3727 2 жыл бұрын

I like work with this good lady,but I don't know how

@mirinah4719 2 жыл бұрын

Me a Namibian who didn't even know we had pangolins here ._.

@hopebgood 2 жыл бұрын

Your username.....yawn.

@anezkavespalcova7327 2 жыл бұрын

Vše smazat nové videa neposílalt děkuji

@targettoofan4106 2 жыл бұрын

It is very neccessary to attack on pocher and protect this ancient and uniqe animal

@JohnnyFD 4 ай бұрын

We need to save these beautiful creatures from China.

@ceemuhammad3707 2 жыл бұрын

That's a handsome lady 🤧

@Hansulf 2 жыл бұрын

Put bear traps if you are quite sure Big megafauna cant enter you zone...

@salihkarademir 2 жыл бұрын

hello, I follow your bbc channel with interest, I would be grateful if you add Turkish subtitles in your videos.

@diamonddog4708 2 жыл бұрын

Can't even watch this. The title is enough to send me into orbit 😡

@kinglucario6441 2 жыл бұрын

Should be a law we’re poachers aren’t counted as people and are counted as wild game for people to track down

@thepenguin11 2 жыл бұрын

In a quite few African countries poachers are allowed to be shot on sight.

@kinglucario6441 2 жыл бұрын

@@thepenguin11 good

@mirinah4719 2 жыл бұрын

@@kinglucario6441 Yup my country Namibia was the first one in the world to start that. A lot of the foreigners that are in prison here are Asian. You should check out the hoba meteorite biggest one to fall to earth and its here. We also have the oldest desert, oldest plant. Just check it out if you love nature

@kinglucario6441 2 жыл бұрын

@@mirinah4719 good

@1028wash 2 жыл бұрын

So by your logic you have no problem with humans being killed but a Pangolin is too far? That’s very ignorant.

@fidgetworld4085 2 жыл бұрын

So are they saving pangolins or not? That my question

@salvagemonster3612 2 жыл бұрын

It’s u fortunate that Nelson Mandela made sure that it ISNT your property.

@footfault1941 2 жыл бұрын

Asia, principally China, can be proud of a distinguished past in the human history. A long, unique story. Today, she also has potential to make it better. Nonsensical consumption in name of medical treatment is long overdue. People must push the government now! Time is crucial.

@lemmykilmister873 2 жыл бұрын

🤔

@eLLiaGardening 2 жыл бұрын

Salam dari 🇮🇩

@yeshikajimo1448 2 жыл бұрын

English subtitles too for viewers/subscribers from non English speaking countries please .

@DarthObscurity 2 жыл бұрын

She hired Randy Marsh. Don't trust her! :P

@isabellasalinardi3952 Жыл бұрын

Did they manage to save the pangolins?!?!? I NEED TO KNOW!!!!

@tracylee4442 2 жыл бұрын

This makes me so angry. These poor creatures!

@90skid97 2 жыл бұрын

May we all wake up to our insanity sooner than later....not much time left

@EllZard 2 жыл бұрын

I have a positive i.d on one of the poachers as Randy Marsh

@WTG194 2 жыл бұрын

Dear Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai viewers how can we win this battle together?

@dbvel9315 2 жыл бұрын

is this the Dodo?

@pale_profile7237 2 жыл бұрын

Poor people gotta make money in the worst way possible. Greed is a little son of a

@houndgirl7365 2 жыл бұрын

Your commentary is classist. People who have money can do equally as vile things perhaps even more so because they hire people to do it. Let's not just pen it on the poor 🙄

@pale_profile7237 2 жыл бұрын

@@houndgirl7365 I know, greed is really one hell of a arson which motivates the wires of evil. I know that there are less than a couple thousand pangolins left in the world and it will only be a small amount of time before the black market expands to a rapid greedily butt

@zachista 2 жыл бұрын

Poachers are the pests to the world

@salvagemonster3612 2 жыл бұрын

Aren’t these things covered with lice and ticks?

@justme10 2 жыл бұрын

I have the feeling someine likes Varta in this vid.

@Ashwinder555 2 жыл бұрын

BBC Earth please i want to work with you in forest to save and care the animals, i m nature lovers, brave, healthy besides that i love work in dangerous forest and mountains

@Shiroya_Rumika 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, catching the poachers, that's good.... But the problem is, by the time the poachers were captured, they've already killed the animals... The tusks of the elephant for example, if they already have the tusks, then that means they have already killed the creatures We need to find, finish them before they even have time to act

@tylermagdych4917 2 жыл бұрын

I guess this is the part that sucks truly, it's like a regular criminal, you can't arrest someone who hasn't done anything wrong, unless you can prove their intentions. The other interesting thing is how poachers seem to even effect the traces of selective breeding and evolution in the sense. More African Elephants have begun being born that do not have the gene for tusks turned on, as more are unfortunately being poached that have tusks, yet the ones who do not aren't being hunted and thus pass down the gene more often for no tusks. It sucks to an aspect but it's almost becoming we have to beat them to their own game even, such as coloring or surgically removing parts of rhino horns for instance so they can be assured they won't be targeted in the wild. I'm just hoping that soon we can truly put an end to poaching.

@Edward.Newgate. 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah we should do the same as some parc in India or Swatziland, just kill the poachers.

@tortureddummies1672 2 жыл бұрын

China!

@shin-ishikiri-no 9 ай бұрын

Pretty much one of the only other bipedal animals on Earth besides dinosaurs/birds and humans, yet here we are driving then into extinction. Idiotic.

@grat2010 2 жыл бұрын

Poachers are heartless. May karma serve its duty upon them.

@tothemoon1406 2 жыл бұрын

Covid is their karma

@kevinwilson3332 2 жыл бұрын

It's so sad what poachers do for 💰 the suffering they go through to make these looser rich

@joestuff8 2 жыл бұрын

Two hideous words: Traditional Medicine

@pawankanpura 2 жыл бұрын

जो खूबसूरत आंखें यह मेरा कमेंट पढ़ रही है उनके माता-पिता को भगवान हमेशा खुश रखे और आपको को भी जी

@eagleblack6254 2 жыл бұрын

Se non ci sarebbe richiesta i bracconieri non esisterebbero, prendiamocela anche con quei signoroni pieni di soldi e che con quelli pensano (SBAGLIANDO) di comprarsi tutto, accidenti a loro!

@Troupe_Master 2 жыл бұрын

Can we poach poachers? Yo know how much organs can sell for I'm down for a hunt

@zenster1097 2 жыл бұрын

Death Penalties for poachers. And heavy prison time for those who purchase and trade.

@deuscthlandundpakistan1088 2 жыл бұрын

I have to much in Pakistan this animales #Salla #سلاح just pkr 5000/- .1 male or femal this animale etting 🦗🦗🐜

@jeremy1860 2 жыл бұрын

Poachers need to be opposed, wherever they are in the world 😠

@Tanooki_Leaf. 2 жыл бұрын

I saw how people "cooked dead" pangolin on youtube very horrible. Dont look too far when searching for animal videos on youtube

@xena2559 2 жыл бұрын

May the poachers burn in hell

@1JamesMayToGoPlease 2 жыл бұрын

She's dead right about Asian countries fueling poaching.

@Sunrisesunset999 2 жыл бұрын

Pangolins are officially protected wild animals in China. I am not sure about other countries, but I guess probably more or less the same...The government has also made tremendous efforts to Crack down black market. Too bad, human race as one has demanded and overdrawn way too much from Mother nature the 🌎 earth that not just pangoline but also other creatures, like python skins and crocodiles coat and other furs are for luxuries, are cornered to danger instead of living vividly in the wild and therefore need to be "protected". We all somehow somewhere somewhat have a "whole" and a lot in the "back" just do not pretend there're people who don't have one and thus are superior. It is never too late to look "back" and learn from it and then look forward, work together and become a better human race🧐

@1JamesMayToGoPlease 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sunrisesunset999 Just say no to SJWism.

@rindapelton5876 2 жыл бұрын

Asian market is a portion of the problem. Find a way for these people to support them selvy

@Sunrisesunset999 2 жыл бұрын

@yupan6863 2 жыл бұрын

穿山甲这玩意儿我二十年前吃过。😂😂😂😂😂

@AP-xf1bz 2 жыл бұрын

you're crazy

@ZennExile 2 жыл бұрын

I like how she's mad about her ownership being challenged and not the living creatures being slaughtered to the point of extinction.

@buchnejf 2 жыл бұрын

I think the video editing may have contributed to confusion. I gathered she is very concerned about pangolin extinction.

@astick5249 2 жыл бұрын

That wasn't really what she meant. By "her animals" she means the very individuals she has in her protection. Individual pangolens that she's trying to keep safe could have been ensnared in traps within her own property if she didn't remove them, basically the trap is proof for her that nowhere is safe.

@IqbalAlif9001 2 жыл бұрын

why not try to breed them??

@astick5249 2 жыл бұрын

Its a lot harder to breed pangolins than some other animals

@soppnochiloamar6059 2 жыл бұрын

আলহামদুলিল্লাহ। আপনাদের সকলের ভালোবাসায় 314+ ফ্যামিলির পরিবার। আল্লাহ তায়লার রহমত এবং আপনাদের দোয়া ও সাপোর্ট নিয়ে এগিয়ে যেতে চাই ইনশাআল্লাহ। ১ টা করে ভালোবাসা দিবেন,