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The first record in Senegal of a female lion with four cubs, documented in Niokolo Koba National Park (NKNP), where the species is classified as Critically Endangered. Records like this would have been thought impossible a decade ago, but thanks to persistent anti-poaching and scientific monitoring from Senegal's Department of National Parks and Panthera, NKNP has more than doubled its lion population in a decade.
Senegal's DPN and Panthera recently obtained an estimate of 29 lions currently occurring in the park, up from a population of only 12-16 lions surviving in the park in 2011.
All known adult females have been successfully breeding in 2021 and 2022, with proof provided in this beautiful record taken in November 2022.
Learn more at https://panthera.org/newsroom/nations-first-felines-senegal-and-panthera-collar-first-ever-lions-ambitious-effort.