The Pangolin Crisis Fund (PCF) is thrilled to announce that we are partnering with filmmaker Pippa Ehrlich, director of the Academy Award® winning documentary My Octopus Teacher, to raise awareness about and support the conservation of pangolins through her new Netflix film—Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey.
Most people don’t even know that pangolins exist, yet they are the most illegally trafficked mammals in the world—poached for their highly-prized scales and meat as part of the international illegal wildlife trade. This has led to all eight species of pangolins being threatened with extinction.
On April 21, leading up to Earth Day, Netflix is releasing Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey. This emotional documentary tells the story of the unlikely friendship between Kulu, a ground pangolin in South Africa who was rescued from poachers, and Gareth Thomas who was tasked with rehabilitating him by the African Pangolin Working Group (APWG), in preparation for his return to the wild.
Established by the Wildlife Conservation Network and Save Pangolins in 2019, the Pangolin Crisis Fund was created to save all eight pangolin species from extinction by investing in projects that protect pangolins and their habitats, disrupt illegal wildlife trade networks, and reduce the demand for pangolin scales and meat. APWG, a PCF grantee, does tremendous work protecting, rescuing, and rehabilitating pangolins targeted by wildlife traffickers, and this new documentary will shed light on their important efforts.
The PCF is proud to work with Pippa Ehrlich to increase global awareness about pangolins and the immense threats that they face, told through the heartfelt story of one pangolin and his caretaker.
Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey will be available to Netflix subscribers on April 21. Stay tuned for more updates and insights from the filmmakers soon.
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