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Rare 'Ghost Elephant' Sighting Comes with Grave Warning About the Species

The new footage marks the first time the species has been photographed or filmed in Senegal's Niokolo-Koba National Park in five years Panthera and Senegal’s National Parks Directorate (DPN) An ...
New York Post

Mysterious, endangered ‘ghost elephant’ seen for the first time in years: ‘Might now be the last’

No, this photo-bombing pachyderm is not an apparition, a phantasm or a spooky specter. He is the only African forest elephant to be spotted — via remote trail cam — in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National ...
Newsweek

Animal So Rare It’s Called a ‘Ghost’ Caught on Cam for First Time in Years

Niokolo-Koba National Park (PNNK) in Senegal has long been a haven for some of West Africa's most-elusive wildlife. Yet among them, one creature has remained almost mythical—an elephant so rarely seen ...
Mongabay

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

A camera trap has captured video of an elephant for the first time in six years in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park, reviving hopes that the species may still survive in the park after their near ...
UNESCO

Niokolo-Koba National Park in Senegal removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, meeting in New Delhi (India), decided on Wednesday to remove Niokolo-Koba National Park in Senegal from the List of World Heritage in Danger, following the ...