Ousmane Sambou, a sergeant with Senegal's Direction of National Parks, holds up a confiscated leopard skin at the DPN headquarters in Tambacounda, Senegal on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Trees cover Senegal's Niokolo Koba National Park on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)A waterbuck grazes at Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)A monkey climbs a tree at Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)About 50 Senegalese women, joined by a performer dressed as a "faux lion", march through Dakar's Medina neighborhood in Senegal, during the fourth Women's March for Climate on Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)A lion is drawn on the wall of a market in Dakar, Senegal, on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Members of the Lion Intervention Brigade conduct a patrol at Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Mouhamadou Ndiaye, coordinator for wild cat conservation group Panthera reviews camera trap photos of a leopard taken at Niokolo Koba National Park in Tambacounda, Senegal on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Paul Diedhiou, right, a colonel with Senegal's Direction of National Parks, works in his office at the DPN headquarters in Tambacounda, Senegal on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Members of the Lion Intervention Brigade stand at attention at Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Ndeye Seck, a sublieutenant with Senegal's Direction of National Parks, sifts through confiscated guns at the DPN headquarters in Tambacounda, Senegal on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Members of the Lion Intervention Brigade conduct a patrol at Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Confiscated leopard and lion skins are displayed at Senegal's Direction of National Parks headquarters in Tambacounda, Senegal on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Members of the Lion Intervention Brigade conduct a patrol at Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Members of the Lion Intervention Brigade conduct a patrol at Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)A lion track is spotted at Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Paul Diedhiou, a colonel with Senegal's Direction of National Parks, looks for lions at Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)A dilapidated bridge hangs at Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Members of the Lion Intervention Brigade conduct a patrol at Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Cheikh Camara, a marabout or influential religious leader, who often prescribes his followers lion skin gris-gris, poses for a portrait in Tambacounda, Senegal on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Ibrahim, a fervent believer of Senegalese mysticism, shows off his gris-gris in Tambacounda, Senegal on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. His gris-gris are made from animal skins, including lion, which is believed to offer protection and power. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)An animal skin vendor displays a strip of lion skin at his market in Tambacounda, Senegal on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. The skins are used to make gris-gris, which are believed to offer wearers protection and power. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)
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Ousmane Sambou, a sergeant with Senegal's Direction of National Parks, holds up a confiscated leopard skin at the DPN headquarters in Tambacounda, Senegal on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)
