Pangolin With Packs
Hadda Condino
FB4 Content Packs are desigened for use with direct FB4 console control over artnet or DMX. This provides content for lighting designers and oporators to create shows using a wide range of custom content on their console directly.
Pangolin at the introduction to this feature has provided 1 large pack of 1500 cues for FREE with this release. However the system of how this works and how to use and create content packs are available for all users, so we expect programmers and laser designers to create their own content packs for sale, or create a content pack for a tour application, and use the same sytem for file structure, distribution, and upload to FB4's for a streamlined process.
Click on the download button for what content pack you would like (or all of them) Note the smallest packs can be under 20MB but the biggest packs provided by pangolin can be up to 1GB, keep this in mind for download times when you are on a job site.
Downloading of custom content packs created by laser designers or other programmers, will be based on the designer. However the final file should be a Zip file, and the rest of the manual will be the same process.
Your adoption will help Born Free care for orphaned and injured pangolins rescued by the Sangha Pangolin Project in Centra African Republic, as well as helping to fund our work to campaign against the illegal wildlife trade and protect their natural habitat.
For adopt a pangolin gifts, the adoption certificate can be personalised with the name of your choice when you purchase the adoption. If you choose a physical adoption, delivery can be arranged to a separate address; if you choose a digital adoption the adoption pack will be sent to you, for you to pass on to the recipient.
For VAT purposes, of your total donation, 13.50 (inc. VAT) if you opt to receive a soft toy and 6.00 (inc. VAT) if you opt not to receive a soft toy, will be considered as payment for the benefits received.
When you adopt a pangolin, you will receive either a digital or physical adoption pack, depending on what you chose. The pack contains a personalised certificate, animal story, fact sheet and photo for display. You will also receive a copy of our bi-annual My Adopt magazine with exclusive updates, and if you chose a physical pack with a soft toy, you will receive your pack in the post.
You will receive the digital pack by email, containing all the adoption documents and a personalised adoption certificate, which you can either keep for yourself, or forward on to your chosen recipient if you are buying the adoption as a gift.
There is a shelf near the door of our apartment where my wife keeps her handbags. I started out leaving all my backpacks there too and when I started noticing that I had more bags than my wife did, I realized it was really an obsession.
My ideal backpack offers a ton of organization, even for small items and tech gadgets. It also has a quick-access pocket where I can keep things like my phone and sunglasses. For some reason I also put a lot of emphasis on having a water bottle pocket. It sounds so simple, but a lot of bag makers have been doing away with the water bottle holder.
Simultaneously, your adoption helps us fund large-scale reduction campaigns in Asia to reduce demand for pangolins scales and debunk myths around the medicinal benefits of pangolin products, whilst protecting them on the ground through research and monitoring programmes.
Just 3 per month (or 36 one-off) could equip rangers with vital equipment and training, giving them the skills and support needed to carry out anti-poaching patrols across the Greater Mara region in Kenya.
Our adoption animal toys are made by the ladies of the Little Ndaba group in Zambia. They are ethically sourced 100% African cotton and are crocheted by over 100 women from remote villages across the country.
Remembering African Wild Dogs is the sixth book in the Remembering Wildlife series created by Margot Raggett. We are incredibly proud to support this very worthwhile initiative. We are even prouder that this year images by Charl and Sabine are being considered for inclusion in the book.
Along with donating images Pangolin Photo Safaris also donated a 4-night stay at The Pangolin Chobe Hotel to the Kickstarter campaign and we are pleased to say it as snapped up and contributed $2,500 to the fund.
They are diurnal (day time) predators hunting in packs and using their speed, cunning and cooperation to bring down their prey. African Wild Dogs are arguably the most proficient hunters when compared to the big cats. Their success rate sit at around 70%.
They are incredibly social animals with tight familial bonds. They are led by a monogamous breeding pair who dictate the activities of the pack. The pair produce litters of pups each year which is supported and protected by the whole pack. The pups are normally born around March/April each year. They remain in or around the den until they are able to join the pack.
During this time the pups are never left unattended and the pack returns after each hunt to regurgitate food for the pups. After they have been weaned of course. Any sick or injured member of the pack will also stay behind at the den and be cared for and fed by the returning healthier pack members.
The best time to see African Wild Dogs regularly is when they are denning. This is in the first half of the year as they will stick close to the den sites. Wild Dogs are at their most active in the early morning hours or the late afternoon. If there are dogs in the area we will try and locate them in the late afternoon. This is when they wake from resting during the heat of the day and prepare to hunt.
When they start to stir they re-establish their familial bonds with some play and rough and tumble and then they head off. Following an African Wild Dog hunt is a frenetic, bumpy, dusty but hugely enjoyable event.
The dogs spread out looking for prey but remain in constant contact with one another. When one dog zeros in on a potential target he or she will call in the other dogs to assist. they will generally run down their prey, which is normally an antelope or perhaps even a warthog.
They demonstrate impeccable teamwork and skills as they chase their prey to exhaustion often running around in front of the hunt to ambush the fleeing animal. It is this intelligence and cooperation that make them such effective hunters.
Ironically it was this killing method that meant in the 18th and 19th centuries the African Wild Dog was cast almost demonic. They were therefore persecuted as an un-Godly creature by hunters, settlers and farmers. This combined with the propensity for wild dogs to target domestic animals such as cows and sheep has also led to extensive human-animal conflict.
Throughout the year Charl and Sabine lead groups into the Okavango Delta on our 10-day Chobe, Delta and Kalahari safaris. It is in the Okavango Delta that we have most of the African Wild Dog sightings. If you are interested in joining them on safari then please fill in the form here and one of our safari planners will get in touch with you and send you all the information you require.
The Chinese Pangolin (or Manis pentadactyla) is a critically endangered insectivorous species native to India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Taiwan and Southern China. They are small, secretive and slow-moving animals, their most distinguishing feature being their layered armour-like keratinous scales. Chinese Pangolins are between 40 and 58 cm long with a tail measuring 25 to 38 cm. They spend their days sleeping in their burrows, and their nights foraging for ants, termites and other insects.
During the mating season, male pangolins track a female by scent into her burrow and, if she is receptive, the two will mate before parting ways. The female will be pregnant for approximately 7 to 8 months, although exact time are unknown due to the secretive nature of this species. Once born, the infant remains in the burrow for the first month of its life, before starting to accompany its mother on foraging trips. It will be fully weaned at 3 months old and remain with its mother until she has another infant; usually a year later. Chinese pangolins are fully grown at 2 years old.
A pioneering new project trials fingerprinting techniques to battle pangolin poaching. Forensic fingerprinting techniques will now be used in the battle against the illegal wildlife trade as new methods of lifting fingermarks from trafficked animals have been developed.
Researchers at the University of Portsmouth and international conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society of London), with support from the UK Border force, developed the technology with one particular animal in mind, the pangolin.
Population crashes attributed to the current poaching epidemic within Asian pangolin populations has led to significant growth in export of scales from Africa. In light of this and the continued threat posed by the illegal trade, all eight pangolin species were uplisted to Appendix I at the most recent Conference of the Parties to CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), in South Africa in September 2016.
The new fingerprinting method uses gelatine lifters with a low-adhesive gelatine layer on one side, which are used universally by forensic practitioners for lifting footwear marks, fingermarks and trace materials off various objects in criminal investigations.
In a preliminary trial, the researchers tested the usability of gelatine lifters for visualising finger marks on pangolin scales. Using 10 pangolin scales from several species, supplied by UK Border Force, each scale was gripped by five participants. A gelatine lifter was applied to the scale, removed and scanned using a BVDA GLScanner system which provided 100 fingermarks (one from the front and one from the back of the scales).
The researchers have now developed gelatine lifter packs for Wildlife Rangers in Kenya and Cameroon to help in their fight against illegal poaching of pangolins. Each pack contains 10 gelatine lifters, scissors, insulating packs, evidence bags, a roller and a simple pictorial guide for the Rangers to follow. The field packs for the Kenyan wildlife service were initially provided for the examination of poached elephant ivory and dead elephants killed by poachers.
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