A young pangolin is in care at Waterberg after a wildlife-crime operation
Namibia's environment ministry and the police brought a juvenile female to specialized rehabilitation. She has not been released.
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A juvenile female pangolin is in specialized rehabilitation at Waterberg after a weekend wildlife-crime operation in Namibia's Otjozondjupa region. The Namibia Press Agency reported the case on October 20, 2026, with an earlier dateline from Waterberg on October 18.
The rescue was a joint operation by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism and the Namibian Police, part of work against illegal wildlife trafficking. Kelsey Prediger, executive director of the Pangolin Conservation and Research Foundation, was named in the report in connection with the care.
The animal is still in rehabilitation. The wire did not say she had been released, and it did not give a date for when she might go back out.
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