Man’s quick thinking saves endangered pangolin


Good save: The homeowner who found the pangolin checking on it before it was taken for treatment to be released back in the wild.

KOTA KINABALU: The persistent barking of dogs alerted a man to the presence of an endangered pangolin near his home in Inanam near here.

Upon discovering the animal, which had curled itself up as a means of protection from the dogs, the man quickly moved the fragile pangolin to a secure place.

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