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00:03 Report / Olisa Chukwumah 
00:50 Olisa Chukwumah / DW Correspondent
01:05 Chinedu Mogbo / Conservationists
02:14 Abdullahi Aliyu Maiwada / Assistant Controller, Nigeria Customs Service
02:55 Olivia Swaak-Goldman / Executive Director, Wildlife Justice Commission
03:35 Chinedu Mogbo / Conservationists

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00:00 to 00:48 
Getting fed a regular meal, this young Pangolin is one of many rescued and nurtured at this animal sanctuary. It is run by Chinedu Mogbo, a wildlife conservationist. Here, he rehabilitates Pangolins and other threatened  species. Pangolins are targeted by traffickers for their scales and meat, which command huge value on the black market. After spending months under Chinedu’s care, these Pangolins are ready to be taken back into wild. 
We follow Chinedu on a three-hour drive from Lagos to a protected forest reserve in Osun State in Nigeria’s southwest. 
00:49 to 00:57 
++PTC (Olisa Chukwumah): It’s at protected forests like this where rescued Pangolins are brought back into the wild. Here, they are free from poachers and can roam free. +++ 
00:58 to 01:02 
Today it is this rescued Pangolin’s turn. 
01:03 to 01:20 
++SOT (Chinedu Mogbo, Conservationists) ++
“So, we rescued him from the bushmeat market sellers, and since he’s been in our care it’s just been sustained feeding and ensuring that he’s basically in top shape.” ++ “And now he’s ready to go back, itching to go back actually.” 
01:21 to 02:12 
There’s an international ban on the commercial trade of pangolins. Still, thousands of the animals are killed in Nigeria and other parts of Africa every year. The Pangolin scales and meat are then often smuggled abroad. 
In April this year, a major operation by Nigeria’s Customs authorities in collaboration with the Wildlife Justice Commission led to the seizure of over 3,000-kilograms of Pangolins scales. The amount is estimated to come from at least 1900 dead pangolins. 

This operation is one of several in the last few years that have led to multiple arrests and prosecutions.  

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Authorities say seizures like these show a turning point in Nigeria’s role -- from a major trafficking hub for the illegal wildlife trade, to disruptor in the supply chain.  
02:13 to 02:46
++SOT (Abdullahi Aliyu Maiwada, Assistant Controller, Nigeria Customs Service) ++
“Most of the seizures we've had of these Pangolin scales do not emanate from Nigeria, some from Central Africa Republic to so many areas around West Africa and Central Africa. And sometimes we have realized the seizures we have made is as a result of convergence - converging the items to use Nigeria as a hub for moving these items to most especially Central Asia or far Asian countries.” 
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02:47 to 02:52 
Nigeria’s progress in tackling wildlife crime has drawn international attention. 
02:53 to 03:19 
++SOT (Olivia Swaak-Goldman, Executive Director, Wildlife Justice Commission) ++
"Nigeria's transformation from the world's most prominent Pangolin trafficking hub, to a country that consistently delivers high impact enforcement results, is proof that the approach of long-term intelligence led investigations can work, and can bring the trafficking down, so this is something that can be held out to other countries as well to show that this works.” 
03:20 to 03:33
Nigerian lawmakers are on track to pass major new legislation to protect wildlife. But for Chinedu, the fight to save this endangered species begins on the ground. 
03:34 to 03:43
++SOT (Chinedu Mogbo, Conservationists)++ 
"Thousands, hundreds of thousands of Pangolins have been killed, we need to turn our attention back to the wildlife itself, when it's alive." 

03:44 to 04:00
 
He’s calling for more government support and investment to protect these animals - especially in providing additional forest rangers to reduce Pangolin poaching in Nigeria’s forests.