World Pangolin Day

• In 2023, World Pangolin Day is celebrated on February 18. 

• Every year the day is celebrated on the third Saturday of February month. 

• The main objective of the celebration is to create awareness about the Pangolin population decline.

• The population of Pangolin are decreasing rapidly in Africa and Asia. 

• The main reason for the decline is their medicinal value. 

• Pangolin scales have several medicinal properties.

• The World Wildlife Fund says that between 2018 and 2022, more than 1,203 pangolins were poached and trafficked.

•  Indian Pangolins are hunted and exported to markets in South Asia and China.