Pangolins are shy, nocturnal animals who perform vital ecological roles. These “forest guardians” consume around 70 million ants and termites a year, protecting forests and local crops from destruction. Plus, as they dig in search of food, they aerate the soil and promote plant growth. Sadly, pangolins have become the most trafficked wild mammal in the world, with hundreds of thousands taken from Central African forests each year to meet the illegal demand for their meat and scales. In Cameroon,