Panthera was featured in People, Newsweek, and The Guardian’s Week in Wildlife for their camera trap footage of a lone elephant in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park. Ousmane, named after a park ranger, hasn’t been spotted since 2019 and at the time was considered one of 5-10 elephants remaining in the park, earning him the nickname “Ghost Elephant”.
Founded in 2006, Panthera is devoted to preserving wild cats and their critical role in the world’s ecosystems. Panthera’s team of leading biologists, law enforcement experts and wild cat advocates develop innovative strategies based on the best available science to protect cheetahs, jaguars, leopards, lions, pumas, snow leopards, tigers and the 33 small cat species and their vast landscapes. In 39 countries around the world, Panthera works with a wide variety of stakeholders to reduce or eliminate the most pressing threats to wild cats—securing their future, and ours.
