Waiting For 2 Years

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So for about 2 years, the had to put their experiment on hold because the had to wait for Sandshrew the pangolin to grow up large enough for it to wear an audio tracking device. If they released him right away, there would be no way to learn about or note down what happened in the wild. They would need to track the pangolin’s whereabouts.

Perfect Size And Weight

And so, after patiently waiting for 2 years to pass, by 2018, Sandshrew was now big enough and had reached peak mass. He was now a whopping 13 pounds. They had waiting months for this to happen and now the pangolin was a perfect size and weight for the radio device. The only thing to do now was to release it in the wild and see what happens.

One Thing To Note

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After checking everything about the pangolin, the time finally came for this project to go full swing. However, there was one thing that Dr. Luz did. She made sure that she “gave him more time for the re-wilding process to disconnect from humans. He’s quite feisty now — he runs away from the keepers.” There was a lesser attachment that Sandshrew had for his rescuers.

A Means To Learn

Dr. Luz and her her colleagues could not wait to see what took place when they kept the pangolin back to where he originally came from. This project was a skipping step to see how to best protect pangolins and re-growing the population all over Singapore. The college students had helped with this when they called on ACRES to rescue the pangolin.

Her Hopes And Questions


Since pangolins were not at a point of getting extinct, Dr. Luz knew that they had to learn and get a better means to help save more pangolins. She had high hopes that Sandshrew would provide the experts some data and information regarding several conservation questions like where the breeding populations are and how could urban planners help in saving them?

Dr. Luz’s Biggest Fear

After some time, the doctor and her coworkers freed Sandshrew and made sure he was under 24-hour watch. Since he had not been exposed to the wild for such a long time, they had to make sure he was not afraid or a victim of a kidnapping in the wild. Still, Dr. Luz’s biggest fear was that he might be kept in “the wrong habitat” because that could be fatal.