First elephant sighting in 6 years sparks hope for species’ return to a Senegal park

Mongabay
Jun 17, 2025, 2:42 pm719 ptsHotTop
For the first time in six years, an elephant was seen in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park. Grainy black-and-white footage shows Ousmane, a bull 35 to 40 years old named after a park ranger, in the forest at night, stopping to look at the camera trap that recorded his presence. Ousmane hadn’t been seen…

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