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All pangolin species are at risk of extinction due to rapid increase in trafficking, poaching, overhunting and habitat loss. They are presently the most trafficked wild mammals in the world, with over 1 million pangolins estimated to have been poached and trafficked within the last decade (MENTOR-POP Report, 2017). The exhaustion of Asian pangolins has increased the pressure on the African species, provoking the already existing issue of hunting and illegal wildlife trade. Reports on the interception and seizures of pangolins and its derivatives in Africa and particularly in Cameroon lately, explains the pressure and threat faced by the resource. Just like several other parks and reserves in Cameroon, the Deng-Deng National Park is a forest region which, though protected, the pangolin presence is gradually dwindling. It is on the basis of this that there is need for unraveling information pertaining to the status, trend and threats to pangolins in deng-deng national park. This will create the basis for making evidence-based management decisions by engaging in on spot long term monitoring of the threatened species in the park. Pangolins are the only scaly mammals (Challender et al., 2012, 2014). They are eight extant species of pangolins, four species occur in Asia and four in Africa with three of the African species; giant ground pangolin (Smutsiagigantean), white-bellied pangolin (Phataginustricuspis), and black-bellied pangolin(Phataginustetradactyla) present in Cameroon. They are primarily nocturnal, foraging for ants and termites during the night and resting in tree hollows and burrows during the day (IUCN Pangolin Group, 2016, Chao et al., 2005). Abstract: The widespread commercialization of pangolins has posed the greatest threat to its conservation as a result of increasing demand from international markets. This overexploitation is one of the main pressures driving the pangolin population into a decline.. Though pangolins are used for several purposes, all the purposes for which they are used are however not important in ensuring its regeneration and sustainability. The aim of this research was to investigate the anthropogenic activities affecting the ecology of pangolins and other wildlife species in the national park. The data collection method was done by the administration of questionnaires to a randomly chosen population in the 9 villages located in the national park. The study has shown a significant correlation between hunting and farming, r = 0,860 P<0.05. A significant relation between hunting activity and age-class, χ 2 = 8.614, df, P<0.05, has shown that almost all the age-classes considered for this survey from subadults to adults are seriously involved in hunting. Farming and age-class has also shown a significant association, χ 2 = 33.836 df=5 P<0.05. In addition, the survey equally showed a significant relation, χ 2 = 13.962 d f=3 P<0.05, between educational level and farming practice. The study recorded 38.67% on snares, believed to be set by the local hunters and trappers. However, this was not a surprise to anybody since the local villagers are using these animals for bush meat consumption and revenue generation for household. An encounter rate of 26.67% for empty bullet-shells was an additional confirmation of heavy poaching in this protected area, necessitating the need for a new conservation strategy. An anthropogenic survey would be needed to establish the reasons for this serious poaching and trapping.

An Assessment of Anthropogenic Activity on the Pangolin Population in Deng-Deng National Park, Eastern Region, Cameroon