Save Pangolins' co-founder and Executive Director Paul Thomson was interviewed for a segment that appeared on the TODAY Show and NBC Bay Area. The reports covered the connection between the Wuhan wet markets and the COVID-19 pandemic. Pangolins have been linked to COVID-19 as a possible intermediary source that transferred the virus from bats to humans. 

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released a chapter of its annual report, Wildlife Crime: Pangolin Scales, early due to its relevance to the COVID-19 pandemic. As millions are sheltering in place and over two million people have become infected with COVID-19, international attention has turned to wildlife trafficking and its reported links to the pandemic.

Save Pangolins aims to shine a light on some of the inspiring conservationists working to protect pangolins around the world. Here, we would like to recognize Eric Kaba Tah, a pangolin conservationist who has been nominated for the prestigious Indianapolis Prize in 2020. The Indianapolis Prize is awarded to a conservationist who has had a profound impact on wildlife conservation.