Man spotted injured Pangolin (FB User Brice Li)
Met this wild pangolin while running along Upper Thomson Road, near Casuarina Carpark. It had likely strayed out of the edge of Old Upper Thomson forest. The creature ended up climbing a young 4m-tall tree by the road, where it stopped for a rest.
After some hesitation, I contacted ACRES Wildlife Rescue with pictures and video footage of this pangolin situated so close to heavy traffic and in potential danger. The ACRES team came within 30 minutes, and told me they had just attended to an otter roadkill earlier in the morning.
I found out later the pangolin has been temporarily sent to the zoo as it has a fractured leg. It will be released back into the wild once it’s recovered. Thank you ACRES for your dedication to Singapore wildlife.
Here is what Acres said:
Our heartfelt thanks to Brice Li, for spotting a stranded pangolin between busy roads, alerting us and waiting for us to arrive. #SundaPangolin is a nocturnal #CriticallyEndangered mammal, native to #Singapore. Poached widely in other range countries for their scales in use for traditional medicine, the pangolins in Singapore may face threats of becoming a roadkill, due to habitat fragmentation.
This pangolin was lucky, but please drive safe and keep a look out for animals crossing while driving.