World Pangolin Day 2022: 19 February

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.