Emily nearly ready to return to the wild
Emily, a pangolin rescued from the illegal wildlife trade, is slowly recovering from her horrific injuries inflicted by her capturers.
Scales Pangolin Rescue Fund said that upon arrival Emily was unable to walk properly and was aimlessly stumbling around. “We knew there was something serious wrong and from her melted scales, we knew that she must have been through immense trauma.
But nothing could have prepared our team for what we would learn from the CT scan that was ordered in desperation to find out why she refused to feed. She had seven broken ribs with hemorrhaging in a small portion of her lung and a broken tail,” said Amy Clark of Scales Pangolin Rescue Fund in a post on Facebook.
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She said despite conflicting opinions and pessimistic, yet realistic, views on her prognosis, their team persevered. “Emily has surprised us all with her tenacity and will to live. “It took nine gruelling days of our veterinarian trying everything accompanied by lots of tears for her to feed for the very first time on her own. It took a further three days for her to properly start to feed and forage.”
She said Emily has not only recovered from her injuries thanks to the love and care of their teams but also gained back her body weight. “She is nearly ready to begin her first stage of release in a secure undisclosed wildlife area.” She thanked Umoya Khulula Wildlife Centre, Provet Animal Hospital, Rhino Revolution, and Anna’s Emergency Wildlife Rescue Fund for their help in Emily’s recovery.
