World Pangolin Day 2022: 19 February

World Pangolin Day 2022: 19 February

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Category : Important Days Published on: February 21 2022

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  • World Pangolin Day is celebrated on the “Third Saturday of February” every year. 
  • In 2022, the annual World Pangolin Day is being celebrated on 19 February 2022. 
  • The day aims to raise awareness about these unique mammals and speed up conservation efforts. 
  • Pangolin numbers are rapidly declining in Asia and Africa.
  • Pangolins are the only mammal to be covered in scales.To protect themselves, they curl into balls like hedgehogs.
  • They are the most smuggled mammal in the world because people want their meat and scales.
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