Captive breeding plan sheds light on saving endangered pangolin

A captive-bred baby Sunda pangolin is expected to be born in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region later this month - a milestone in artificial propagation that might save the critically endangered species from extinction.

The baby pangolin will be the third generation of captive-bred Sunda pangolins at the Pangolin Research Base for Artificial Rescue and Conservation Breeding in Guangxi.

Next year, the base will cooperate with wildlife experts from Beijing Forestry University and conduct further research on pangolins' physiological conditions to gain a better understanding of the species.