Although not extinct, pangolins need protection for the following reasons:

First: Human hunting in large numbers has accelerated the extinction of pangolins.

Although pangolins are not extinct yet, they are the most hunted animal in the wildlife trade. Although pangolins are not extinct yet, the number of pangolins hunted every year can reach hundreds of thousands. This is a very big impact on the originally small number of pangolins, so human factors are the main reason for the sudden decrease in the number of pangolins.

Second: Some species of pangolins are so small in number that they cannot continue to reproduce.

In fact, the fact that pangolins need protection does not refer to all pangolins. In fact, it refers to only individual species of pangolins. There are many different species of pangolins around the world, but in some countries there are very few species of pangolins, or even only in single digits. Such a small number of pangolins are still distributed in various places in nature, and no similar breeding offspring can be found. So when these pangolins die, it means that the species is extinct.

Third: Pangolins are uncompetitive in nature.

Although pangolins look very cute and have a hard shell. But in fact, it has a very docile temperament. It usually feeds on ants and will not actively attack humans or animals. Moreover, pangolins have many natural enemies in nature, but pangolins have no attack power. The only way to protect themselves is to curl up and rely on their hard shell to protect themselves.

But if it encounters a natural enemy with a powerful bite, the pangolin will have no choice but to capture it with ease. Therefore, pangolins are also attacked and killed by other wild animals in nature. Therefore, according to the rules of natural selection in nature, it is difficult for pangolins to survive, so extinction is likely to be a matter of time.