Elephant spotted in Senegalese park gives hope to conservationists

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Elephant spotted in Senegalese park gives hope to conservationists  Senegal has one of the most threatened elephant populations in Africa, with the population in the Niokolo-Koba park diminishing from 450 in the late 1970s to between 5 and 10 currently, according to the Elephant Crisis Fund  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/05/25/elephant-spotted-in-senegalese-park-gives-hope-to-conservationists  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00The rare sighting in a remote area of Neocolokoba National Park has brought hope to conservationists.

00:07Senegal's elephant population has been reduced to just a handful due to decades of poaching, deforestation and habitat encroachment.

00:16We have conducted extensive surveys in the park since 2021 now, covering the entire park with camera traps.

00:25And so far we only have evidence of one single elephant.

00:29But there have been rumors, most recently from a truck driver crossing the park.

00:35There's a national highway bisecting it.

00:37And this truck driver, he said he saw three elephants and he's sure that that was elephants.

00:42And so there is a little hope that we have a tiny group of elephants left in the park.

00:47Senegal has one of the most threatened elephant populations in Africa,

00:52with the figure in the Neocolokoba National Park diminishing from 450 in the late 70s to between 5 and 10 currently,

01:01according to the Elephant Crisis Fund.

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