In 2017, jackie chan made a public service announcement called wildaid. To curb asian demand for pangolins, wildaid in 2016 launched a campaign that included a video in which hong kong film star jackie chan implores. Hong kongs cheeky, lovable and best known film star, jackie chan endured many years of long, hard. Wildaid tribute to jackie hoffner december 15, 2017.
Wildaid china has enlisted celebrities like former nba player yao ming, film star jackie chan and actress li bingbing to raise awareness against trafficking. Just type 0 in the amount on bandcamp to get it free this is a collection of some of my best tracks from the last couple years. Up til now, pangolins only defense from poachers was to roll up into a ball. Wildaid tiger claw champion archive kung fu magazine. He has been acting since the 1970s and has appeared in over 100 films. The pangolin killing comes in the same week that jackie chan, the famous martial arts movie star, taught three pangolins kung fu as part of an advertising campaign for wildlife protection organizations wildaid and the nature conservancy. Jackie chan fights for pangolins in sensational kung fu video warning to poachers the planets most poached animal has a new champion to save it from extinction martial arts superstar jackie. They respond well to images and videos, and they like leaving comments and smiley faces.
Jackie chan fronts wildaid campaign to keep an endangered species off the menu. For more music check out my channel, i add a couple new tracks every month. Pangolin is the most searched hot trends keyword kenya in the map shown below interest by region and time. A ban on shark fin soup at government banquets in china and campaigns by conservation groups have led to a steep drop in sales, for instance. Newly formed phd collective has produced a live actioncg psa featuring global superstar jackie chan and three animated cg pangolin mammals. Martial arts superstar and wildlife champion jackie chan called for an end to consume pangolin products in a new public service announcement for wildaid and the nature conservancy. Pangolins are an endangered species on planet earth. Chinese consumers crazy rich demand for rosewood propels. The pangolin campaign will include a tv psa and billboard campaign with jackie chan, new tv psas, billboardsprint, media reports on poachingreduced demand, online and social media, and cooperation with government agencies to strengthen enforcement.
The international union for conservation of nature has designated all species as critically endangered, while international bans on any crossborder transport have been enacted as of 2016. It was released with strategic media events featuring angelababy, one of chinas leading actresses and television personalities, and jackie chan, the. Vietnam consumer demand reduction counter wildlife. Chinas push to export traditional medicine may doom the. If you love pangolins like we do, please share this new jackie chan. Some conservation groups, like wildaid, which aims to end the illegal wildlife trade, are betting big on this second group of consumers. Jackie chan joins the fight for endangered pangolins by shreya dasgupta on 1 september 2017 in a video, martial arts action star jackie chan urges people to never buy pangolin meat or scale. Martial arts superstar and wildlife champion jackie chan is calling for an end to consuming pangolin products in a new public service announcement for wildaid and the nature conservancy. Jackie chan joins the fight for endangered pangolins. Wildaid, whose use of chinese celebrities to curb demand for ivory and shark fin soup has achieved considerable success, is trying the same approach for pangolins, enlisting the actors jackie chan and angelababy in china and former miss universe pham huong in vietnam to front publicity campaigns. Pangolin is the most searched hot trends keyword new zealand in the map shown below interest by region and time. Largest wildlife trafficking bust in galapagos august 18, 2017.
London conference on the illegal wildlife trade cbfp. African wildlife foundation, along with partner organizations, creates public awareness campaigns, like the when the buying stops, the killing can too campaignwith celebrities like jackie chan, yao ming, and richard bransonto educate consumers of wildlife products about the damage being done to wildlife populations and the lack of any. Chan has received stars on the hong kong avenue of stars and the hollywood walk of fame. Taiwan is one of the few conservation grounds for pangolins in the world after the country enacted the 1989 wildlife conservation act. Phd teams up with jackie chan, wildaid and the nature conservancy group, in new psa to protect pangolin mammals. Jackie chan joins the fight for endangered pangolins mongabay. Secret agent jackie chan leads a commando group to africa to kidnap scientists who are working to unleash a powerful and lethal new energy source. Getting pangolin videos viral is fairly easy, regardless of whether the content is tragic or endearing. To help eradicate illegal wildlife trade and better protect the worlds most iconic species from the threat of extinction, the london conference brought together the prince of wales, and his sons, the duke of cambridge and prince harry, four african heads of state, and a flurry of celebrities speaking out against poaching, including the. Jackie chan is an internationally renowned martial arts action hero who has appeared in more than 150 films. With the help of major international celebrities like ian somerhalder, maggie q, yao ming, leonardo dicaprio, jackie chan, josh duhamel and many others and literally hundreds of millions of dollars of donated advertising space in airports and cities throughout asia, wildaid has been able to change perceptions, change hearts and minds and communicate their oftrepeated and simple mantra. Aimed at raising public awareness of the need to protect pangolins, the campaigns slogan is. Jurassic world psa with bryce dallas howard and perry, the sinoceratops.
The conference brought together global leaders to help eradicate illegal wildlife trade and better protect the worlds most iconic species from the threat of extinction. Progress in the worlds fight to save elephants, rhinos. Chinese who eat endangered species could face over ten years in jail. Jackie chan and angelababy, for example, have appeared in wildaid video campaigns about pangolins. Nevertheless, poaching persists, keeping pangolins in their unfortunate most trafficked spot. Did you know that many people have never heard of pangolins. Wildaid, whose use of chinese celebrities to curb demand for ivory and shark fin soup has achieved considerable success, is trying the same approach for pangolins, enlisting actors jackie chan and angelababy in china, and former miss universe pham huong in vietnam to front publicity campaigns. The uk government hosted an international conference on illegal wildlife trade on february. Jackie chan is an internationally renowned kungfu action hero. The coolest ways companies are putting poachers out of. Numbers represent search interest relative to the highest point on the chart for the given region and time.
A young man visiting and helping his uncle in new york city finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills. Martial arts superstar and wildlife champion jackie chan is calling for an end to consuming pangolin products in a new public service. Jackie chan pangolins are the worlds most heavilytrafficked wild mammals pangolins, also known as scaly anteaters, are reclusive and nocturnal animals that roll up into a ball when threatened. Pangolin slaughtering video sparks anger, investigation. Hong kongs cheeky, lovable and best known film star, jackie chan endured many years of long, hard work and multiple injuries to establish international success after his start in hong kongs manic martial arts cinema industry. Both species of elephants african and asian are endangered, with less than 400,000 of. The chinese celebrity angelababy raises her voice for the protection of the pangolin. A value of 100 is the peak popularity for the term.
To raise awareness amongst public audiences in asia, conservation group wildaid launched a pangolin campaign in may 2016. Jackie chan fights for pangolins in kung fu video warning. After a moment, the creaturea mammal, despite appearancesuncoiled and raised its slender head. Poaching for chinese markets pushes tigers to the brink. Jackie was born kongsang chan on april 7, 1954, on hong kongs famous victoria peak, to charles and leelee chan. Wildaid jackie chan stars in kung fu pangolin facebook. Chinese who eat endangered species could face over ten. Chan has received stars on the hong kong sra avenue of stars and the hollywood walk of fame.
Actor and wildaid ambassador for tigers, rhinos, pangolins and climate. Chinese police have seized hundreds of bear paws and dead pangolins smuggled into china where they are prized as an expensive culinary delicacy with uses in traditional medicine. London conference on the illegal wildlife trade 2014. Jackie chan teaches them kung fu skills so they can fight off the poachers. In a video entitled kung fu pangolin released by conservation organizations wildaid and the nature conservancy, jackie chan tries to. Wildaid is a nonprofit organization with a mission to end the illegal wildlife trade in our lifetimes. Pangolins, or scaly anteaters, are mammals of the order pholidota the one extant family. The second avenue is the use of international media stars. Gambling on extinction is a powerful documentary that takes you from the killing fields in kenya and south africa to the trading hubs of vietnam and china with undercover investigators, rangers, expoachers, conservationists and buyers. By anshul srivastava david cameroon, the prime minister of britain, will host the global summit of the highest level pertaining to fighting the illegal wildlife trade in. Kung fu star aims a blow at pangolin poachers 0 comments.
Jackie chan teaches them kung fu skills so they can. Currantlike eyes blinked and a pointy nose trembled inquisitively. Maria diekmann, natural world hero natural world safaris. Jackie chan, yao ming, and other celebrities have partnered with wildaid, a san franciscobased conservation nonprofit, to help sway public opinion in china against consumption of wildlife products. Endangered wildlife moves up wealthy chinese menus the.