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"Meanwhile, though their numbers are dwindling in the wild, Jeremy Phan, the director of the Lao Conservation Trust for Wildlife, a rescue centre, says pangolins are popping up in the middle of Vientiane, the capital city, many miles from their natural habitat.
He says it was “very unusual” two years ago to find a pangolin in the city, “whereas recently we’ve been getting more and more”.
His team rescued a three-week-old pangolin that had been for sale in a restaurant in Vientiane. Its mother was almost certainly killed in the illegal wildlife trade. The team rescued the infant pangolin on the way home from another rescue, and only hours after two pangolins were picked up elsewhere."
July 15, 2026
"The Lao Conservation Trust for Wildlife operates a similar hotline for all of Laos. In 2025, three staff members fielded 99 tips—mostly submitted through WhatsApp or Facebook—for 176 individual animals of 81 species. The Lao authorities’ follow-through is significantly lower than in Vietnam, however. According to Jeremy Phan, director of Lao Conservation Trust for Wildlife, just 7.5 percent of cases in 2025 resulted in a seizure. The organization is also required to pay a per diem to Lao officials for the time they spend on wildlife seizures, Phan adds—which sometimes means spending more than $500 on government fees to rescue a single animal." May 18, 2026
"Through Hub Southeast Asia, the Wyss Academy for Nature works with the Lao Conservation Trust for Wildlife and the Elephant Conservation Center to co-design practical improvements—reliable transport for long routes, field-ready diagnostics, and hands-on training for Lao veterinarians. These changes are not just operational. They strengthen a wildlife health system that connects responders, universities, and authorities—so care is safer, knowledge is shared, and each rescue contributes to longer-term outcomes for nature and society."
November 20, 2025
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