Famine ... charities ... complementary.
Killers; Lions, Hyenas, Snakes, the very
highest on the list, Human traffickers,
with their ad lib, and full-on characters.
Pangolin's are anteaters resembling
armadillos but different. Trembling
leads to curling up into a ball when
they sense danger. They burrow in a den
like hole as a prelude to finding food.
Poor eye sight, lest prey's washes up mood,
Pangolins are keenly scented hunters.
Endangered according to their numbers,
for their scales are coveted, as produced
Chinese medicine, thus hope is reduced.
Pangolins
Oh precious little Pangolins
How many people know of you?
Though forty million years you've lived
Your numbers have become too few.
While hunted for your scales and meat
By poachers, a great price they seek.
You curl up in a little ball,
Such easy prey because you're meek.
Unless donations keep you safe
Extinction soon will be your fate.
My prayer is that to know of you
The public will appreciate
Your contribution to this Earth.
Of ants and insects do you dine,
A gentle creature of the wild.
Your presence here is quite divine.
© Connie Marcum Wong
**Dedicated to Maria Diekmann who is devoted to saving the Pangolin
and other individuals who are making a difference.
*A Pangolin is captured every five minutes in Africa and Asia combined.
(This link is a MUST SEE and shows them in action after brief introduction)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/worlds-wanted-animal-full-episode/16258/
https://youtu.be/ThDsJEzbBg4 (Video)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/11370277/Pangolins-why-this-cute-prehistoric-mammal-is-facing-extinction.html. (website)
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