2025 Pangolin Rescue and Relocation Success: Schumi’s Journey from Rescue to Re-Wilding with The Bateleurs

Pilot Report: Llyod Rogers

Total flight time for the mission was 6.4hrs. 3.3hrs there, 3.1hrs back.

It was an awesome experience and the flying was without weather challenges,  easy and uneventful - so fortunate to be able to be involved in 'full circle' conservation outcomes like this one. To be flying a previously rescued and flown pangolin, off on it's re-wilding flight, was truly a mission accomplished and I look forward to the next one. 

Pangolin Rescue: Read the story of Schumi’s (pangolins name) rescue in July:

On 10 July 2025, The Bateleurs and volunteer pilot Lloyd Rogers were activated to support a pangolin sting operation at the Musina border. Working alongside Umoya Khulula Wildlife Centre, they provided urgent aerial transport for a critically compromised pangolin, flying it from Musina to Provet Wildlife Services & Animal Hospital in Hoedspruit for specialised lifesaving care.

Full story: https://bit.ly/43c5QVj