February 16 is #WorldPangolinDay to draw attention to the plight of the world’s most trafficked animals, these magnificent scaly mammals. There 8 species of #pangolin in Africa & Asia, all endangered, threatened by poachers for their meat & scales (used in traditional medicines) & by habitat loss & deforestation. This is the largest: the ground pangolin. I made him patterned & colourful to draw attention to him & his kin.
#groundPangolin #endangered #conservation #sciart #linocut #printmaking
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@minouette Something about this fills me with a very particular fury. I often rack my brains to come up with some ingenious way to pressure China to clamp down on this irremediable horror.
