Tiny cub pawprints once again dot the soil in Senegal's Niokolo-Koba National Park thanks to Florence, a 10-year-old lioness deemed the Park’s matriarch. Florence was the first-ever lion to be fitted with a GPS collar in Senegal in 2021 and in her lifetime, she has bred at least nine cubs — increasing the park's lion population by one-third. In turn, ecotourism is rebounding, bringing much-needed funding and jobs to this region.