Rare Pangolin Surprises Urban Residents
A female pangolin was rescued after straying into an urbanized area of coastal Neelankarai and making her way into a garden.
Unfortunately, the rapid development of the Neelankarai area is crowding into the surrounding wildlife habitat, and has required the recent rescue of many small animals by forest department officials. However, this was the first time a pangolin had been rescued from someone’s home, according the the Times of India.
The pangolin apparently climbed up a compound wall in order to get into the home’s garden. Officials from the animal rescue and rehabilitation center in Velachery were called, and were surprised to find the pangolin in such a populated area. One of the wildlife officers told TOI that there is a population of pangolins at nearby Guindy National Park.
The pangolin was taken to the animal rescue center and is to be released, presumably at Guindy National Park.
