The caller on the line told Nigerian zoologist Olajumoke Morenikeji he was at a restaurant where a mother and baby white-bellied pangolin were about to be slaughtered for food.
Professor Morenikeji asked him, a volunteer with her conservation group, to try and stop the killing. Meanwhile, another colleague drove four hours to the neighbouring state of Ondo to rescue the animals.
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