Save Vietnam's Wildlife has rescued about 2,000 of the so-called 'scaly anteaters' in the last six years. [Manan Vatsyayana/AFP]

Wildlife trafficking seizures in Vietnam have increased 44 percent over a two-year period. [Manan Vatsyayana/AFP]

Truong holds a pangolin inside its enclosure. The pangolin's scales are falsely thought to cure anything from impotence to menstrual cramps and even cancer in traditional Chinese and Vietnamese medicine. [Manan Vatsyayana/AFP]

Head keeper Tran Van Truong watches video footage of a newly born baby pangolin and its mother at Save Vietnam's Wildlife. [Manan Vatsyayana/AFP]

Le Thi Hong Nhung, left, checks the injuries of a pangolin. Vietnam is both a consumption and a transport hub for illegal wildlife in Asia. [Manan Vatsyayana/AFP]

A vet is seen checking an injured pangolin. Life remains precarious for the world's most-trafficked mammal. [Manan Vatsyayana/AFP]

In Pictures: Life still precarious for pangolins in Vietnam

While arrests and prosecutions are up in Vietnam, conservationists warn the scourge of trafficking continues.