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. Pangolin conservation movement brings in jackie chan. Jackie chan teams up with usbased ngo wildaid to raise awareness about the poaching and trafficking of pangolins this world pangolin day. Jackie chan, spike the rhino, royalty and sports stars star. Vern evans photography for wildaid february, 2014 as government leaders gather in london to discuss new measures to counter wildlife trafficking, wildaid and conservations top stars released two new messages as part of the worlds largest campaign to. 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. Jackie chan joins fight to save endangered pangolin bbc news. If you love pangolins like we do, please share this new jackie chan video and help. Actor and martial artist jackie chan has joined the race to save pangolins, the worlds most trafficked mammal. Under the slogan when the buying stops, the killing can too, it has gained international. Pangolins are an endangered species on planet earth. In the video, chan is seen training pangolins in kung fu to defend themselves. Celebrities include jackie chan, yao ming, leonardo dicaprio, prince william, david beckham, lupita nyongo and many others also join as wildlife ambassadors in different animal conservation campaigns with wildaid worldwide. A full pangolin skin with all the scales intact, for sale in an african muthi market.
Chan is also an ambassador for wildaid and features in a primetime advertising campaign that airs on china. Today, he is on a new mission called the build a school for a dollar project. Jackie chan has joint the fight to protect endangered pangolins. It takes just one move to protect pangolins, reads a campaign poster featuring jackie chan. Playing off the title of 2008 animated film kung fu panda, the kung fu pangolin campaign was launched by wildaid and the nature. Donate to the protection of endangered species from. Sep 01, 2017 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. Jackie chan stars in newest antirhino horn video african. Salman khan amazing surprise for jackie chan jackie chan in india kung fu yoga. Jackie chan mistakes prince william for harry daily mail.
Learn more about our public awareness campaign with partner wildaid. The public service announcement promotes protection of the endangered pangolin species on behalf of the international animal advocacy group wildaid and the nature conservancy group. The actor dodges bullets, arrows and machetes, which coalesce to create the shape of a rhino. I n a new public service announcement for wildaid and the nature conservancy, martial arts actor jackie chan lends his support to the ban on all international trade in pangolins. Wildaid more than 600 billboards featuring yao are on display at the beijing capital international airport and in other. Shanghai is a series of action comedy films based on the characters written by alfred gough and miles millar.
It aims to reduce demand through public awareness campaigns and providing comprehensive marine protection. Jackie chan, a cast member in the lego ninjago movie, poses at the premiere of the film at the regency village theatre westwood on saturday, sept. Kung fu jackie chan star aims a blow at pangolin poachers. Jackie chan joins the fight for endangered pangolins the. Oct 26, 2018 jackie chan has been involved in a second psa for wildaid but this time he is working to protect the endangered pangolin. Shanghai noon 2000, shanghai knights 2003, and the upcoming shanghai dawn tba. Wildaid is a nonprofit organization with a mission to end the illegal wildlife trade in our lifetimes.
Apr 17, 20 this list cant even begin to sum up the hard work and dedication that jackie chan has put into charity. Kung fu yoga official trailer 1 2017 jackie chan movie. They served me shark fin soup and i said no way he has karatechopped some of cinemas most fiendish adversaries in his 40year film career. When jackie turns his back to camera a poacher enters and grabs a pangolin. Recently, the jackie chan movie zodiac has released the first trailer, and declared to be one year ahead of december 12, 2012 release. Jackie chan, chinese kung fu star so please, help protect the pangolins and never buy their meat or. Jackie chan joins the race to save pangolins youtube. Jackie chan is imploring the world to save its most trafficked mammal. We were tasked to render and composite these loveable critters in live action 3d footage and what better way to do it than having jackie chan do the teaching. Pangolin protected under international law in 2017 the pangolin gained full protection from cross border commercial trading but it takes staff to implement border controls and with the demand still high poachers are taking. Ambassadors like jackie chan will help the cause enormously as having a high profile chinese star should have an effect on. Newly launched fullservice post production studio phd collective has produced a. Jun 06, 20 jackie chan costars with a rhinoceros for psa. Phd also recently completed production of ten additional psas for wildaid.
Invisible target 2017 latest full hindi dubbed movie 2017 chinese action movie in hindi duration. Thats the message from movie star jackie chan in the latest wildaid campaign video designed to stop people. Jackie chan is back, this time giving pangolins kung. Producerdirector victoria bromley on telling the global. The project will raise public awareness to protect.
Jackie chan said in the past six months of the time after a series of shooting all over the world, and from 23 countries martial contest of strength, and the next year to spend time to postproduction. Cg pangolin mammals star with jackie chan cgw explores how leadingedge graphics techniques, including the 3d modeling, animation and visualization are used in such applications as cadcamcae, architecture, scientific visualization, special effects, digital video, film. Jackie chan teaches them kung fu skills so they can. Kung fu yoga official trailer 2017 jackie chan, disha patani action movie hd. Thats the message from movie star jackie chan in the latest wildaid campaign video designed to stop. Full video kung fu yoga jackie chan, sonu sood, fazilpuria new song 2017 hd. While many people may have never heard of pangolins, they are the most heavily trafficked mammals on the planet, says wildaid. Newly formed phd collective has produced a live actioncg psa featuring global superstar jackie chan and three animated cg pangolin mammals. Help protect the pangolins and never buy their meat or scales. Jackie chan blogs about pandas by tim saunders on july 6, 2009 back in may, look to the stars reported on jackie chan s donation to the chengdu research base of. In 2017, jackie chan made a public service announcement called wildaid. Cg pangolin mammals star with jackie chan computer. Sep 15, 2017 jackie chan shows three pangolins the basics of wushu.
Aug 21, 2017 up til now, pangolins only defense from poachers was to roll up into a ball. Chan has received stars on the hong kong sra avenue of stars and the hollywood walk of fame. Spotlight on the worlds most trafficked mammal the. Aug 31, 2017 jackie chan has joint the fight to protect endangered pangolins.
Wildaid has been on the front lines of the fight for pangolins, launching its public awareness campaign in 2016, which aims to eliminate demand for pangolins in the worlds two largest markets china and vietnam through behavior change campaigns designed to educate consumers and make consumption of pangolin products socially unacceptable. Jurassic world psa with bryce dallas howard and perry, the sinoceratops. Jackie chan supports documentary exposing illegal wildlife. Action star jackie chan teams up with wildaid, the african wildlife foundation and the u. Jackie chan teaches them kung fu skills so they can fight off the poachers. Jackie chan, the newly appointed ambassador for wildaid, makes a passionate appeal on the video, urging fans to protect the pangolins.
Tau films created the lookdev and animation of the cg pangolins for the public service announcement. Jackie was trained as a singer when he was a student at the peking opera school and has. Jackie chan teams up with usbased ngo wildaid to raise awareness about the poaching and trafficking of pangolins this world pangolin. Jackie chan is more likely than prince william to change. Wildaid pangolins are poached for their scales and meat. Taiwan is one of the few conservation grounds for pangolins in the world after the country enacted the 1989 wildlife conservation act. The rush hour star has appeared in a video released by wildaid organisation urging viewers to not eat pangolin meat or to use their scales for medicines. Chinese attitudes to illegal wildlife products are changing this article is more than 6 years old martial arts film star and wildaid ambassador believes there is a generational change. That champion is movie superstar and martial arts master jackie chan. Jackie founded the jackie chan charitable foundation in 1988 to help young people in a variety of worthy causes, including medical services, aid to victims of natural disaster or illness. Wildaid jackie chan stars in kung fu pangolin facebook. Wildaid s mission is to end the illegal wildlife trade in our lifetimes by reducing demand through public awareness campaigns and providing comprehensive mar. First, to address consumer demand for pangolin, wildaid enlisted martial arts superstar and actor jackie chan to film a 45second psa, in which he trains three animated pangolins to protect themselves from poachers using kung fu.
Largest wildlife trafficking bust in galapagos august 18, 2017. The action hero known appeared all over china since last month, calling for an end to the consuming, hunting and trafficking of the endangered species. In jackie chan kung fu pangolin, the actor, producer and martial arts master. Just say no to eating, using and purchasing pangolin products, film star jackie chan urges people in wildaid s latest campaign video. Phd works across the media genres of vrar, independent films. Wildaid is a 501c3 charitable organization and has received four, perfect 100point scores from charity navigator for financial transparency and efficiency, while also earning its eighth consecutive four starrating. It is the only organization with a laser focus on reducing the demand for these animal products, and they do this through public awareness campaigns featuring celebrity activists yao ming, jackie chan. Jackie chan, prince william, beckham help wildlife group. Jackie chan aims a punch at pangolin killers 0 comments. Feb 06, 2010 beijing times reported yesterday, february 6, jackie chan for the united states wildaid shooting commercials to protect the tigers conference held in beijing. 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. Newly launched full service post production studio phd collective has produced a new liveactioncg hybrid psa starring fleshandblood superstar jackie chan and some digitally created pangolins. A highprofile campaign, by the charity wildaid featuring celebrities like jackie chan and angelababy, aims to reduce the demand for pangolin products in china. Liu wei and luan xiang of xinhua china features report.
Thats the message from movie star jackie chan in the latest wildaid campaign video designed to stop people eating or buying pangolin products. Kudos to jackie chan for being ready to rumble for pangolins. As china bans ivory, prices and poaching fall, other countries follow december 14, 2017. Wildaid tv commercial, tools of the trade featuring jackie chan. Mar 14, 2018 jackie chan appears on a billboard as part of the wildaid campaign. Jackie chan joins the fight for endangered pangolins.
Up til now, pangolins only defense from poachers was to roll up into a ball. In 2017, wildaid teamed up with international superstar, jackie chan, for a campaign calling for an end to pangolin consumption. 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. Jackie chan fights for pangolins in kung fu video warning to. Did you know that these cute little guys are the most trafficked mammals on the planet. It gives you some insight on what change he has made in only a small period of time. Wildaid s mission is to save endangered species that include elephants, rhino and tigers, by ending the illegal wildlife trade in our lifetime. Prince william and david beckham behind the scenes for wildaid s mandarin film encouraging.
Jackie joined his old friend, folk singer chen sisi in taiwan for a concert. 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. Action star jackie chan has teamed up with a unique costar, spike the rhino, in his latest video tools of the trade. Jackie was born kongsang chan on april 7, 1954, on hong kongs famous victoria peak, to charles and leelee chan, and the. Swhelper social welfare, social justice, and social good.
Kung fu style 2017 full movie in hindi jackie chan new. Wildaid, a nonprofit organization working to end the illegal wildlife trade, has been successfully raising awareness about trafficked animals around the world. Playing off the title of 2008 animated film kung fu panda, the kung fu pangolin campaign was launched by wildaid and. Aug 29, 2017 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.
Apr 07, 2020 actor jackie chan poses with two tiger toys during a ceremony to launch a tiger protection project with wildaid in beijing, friday, feb. Eighteen months after launching our campaign, this figure had dropped 28. Donations are taxdeductible to the extent allowed by law. Thats the message from movie star jackie chan in the latest.
Jackie chan kung fu pangolin from wildaid on vimeo. Jackie chan fronts wildaid campaign to keep an endangered species off the menu. Jackie chan fights for pangolin conservation look to the stars. It stars jackie chan and owen wilson as the chinese imperial guard chon wang and the american bandit roy obannon. Jackie chans dedication to charity is still as strong has it has ever been. Jackie reaches a vast audience across asia and there are clear signs these campaigns have had an impact and attitudes are changing, he. Aug 30, 2017 jackie chan joins fight to save endangered pangolin. A little while ago we did a throwback post about hi. Hong kong actor jackie chans career spans nearly sixty years and features him working as an actor, martial artist, film director, action director, stuntman. Jackie chan is an internationally renowned martial arts action hero who has appeared in more than 150 films. Wildaid videos jackie chan stars in kung fu pangolin.
Phd teams up with jackie chan, wildaid and the nature. Dec 08, 2014 jackie chan is more likely than prince william to change chinese attitudes to ivory. Saving the pangolins what we can do to help their plight. Jackie chan, yao ming back ad campaign against ivory, shark. Jet li best fight scenes in fist of legend martial arts movies. The video was jointly produced by wildaid, the nature conservancy and the china. Feb, 2014 jackie chan and spike the rhino team up for this antirhino horn message. Jackie chan joins jay chou in fight to protect endangered. What a privilege to once again team up with wildaid this time to combat the illegal hunt for pangolins. Photo courtesy african pangolin working group a spirited video clip of martial arts guru jackie chan and three animated kung fu pangolins sends a strong message to chinese consumers that these animals are protected by law. Kung fu star aims a blow at pangolin poachers indepth. Phd teams up with jackie chan, wildaid and the nature conservancy group, in new psa to protect pangolin mammals thursday, sep. Jackie chan costars with a rhinoceros for psa hollywood. Now hes lending his star power to combat the global pangolin trade.
Last time we checked in with jackie, he was premiering the new bbc documentary earth. Sep 01, 2017 jackie chan joins the fight for endangered pangolins. Jackie chan fights for pangolin conservation look to the. Jackie chan fights for pangolins in kung fu video warning. Chinese movie star jackie chan mulls making film in hungary.
Wildaid chief executive officer peter knights, of lafayette, holds a replica of an endangered pangolin at their office in san francisco, calif. Unseen by jackie a pangolin jumps up and kicks the poacher, saving his brother pangolin. Aug 25, 2017 did you know that many people have never heard of pangolins. Since 1995, wildaid has been working with jackie chan to raise awareness of endangered species worldwide. Wildaid tribute to jackie hoffner december 15, 2017. Their mission is to deliver an antirhino horn message, and the chinese media are on side. Actor and wildaid ambassador for tigers, rhinos, pangolins and climate. In the news curbing consumption of pangolins african. A 2015 wildaid survey found that 70% of respondents in china believed pangolin scales had medicinal value. Jackie chan is a big spokesperson for wildaid and all their campaigns. 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.
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