(Posted 16th June 2025)
Courtesy of African Elephant News
| Good Good Good (USA), June 13, 2025 |
| That is, until recent trail camera footage caught a rare glimpse of Ousmane walking the fields at night. After the footage was captured, it was a cause of celebration for officials at both Senegal’s National Parks Directorate and Panthera, a local wild cat conservation organization. “Elephants are under immense pressure in West Africa,” Philipp Henschel, Panthera’s regional director of West and Central Africa, told Newsweek. |
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Rare ‘Ghost Elephant’ Sighting Comes with Grave Warning About the Species |
| Brenton Blanchet, People (USA), June 13, 2025 |
| An elusive elephant that hasn’t been photographed in several years was recently caught on camera strolling through a national park in Senegal. This is the first time an elephant has been documented in the location since 2020. In footage captured by a camera trap at Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park (PNNK), both the wild cat conservation organization Panthera and Senegal’s National Parks Directorate (DPN) caught a glimpse of what is being called a “Ghost Elephant” — a name the African forest elephant has earned because of its infrequent appearances in Senegal. |
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