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Kenya receives 17 rare antelopes from the US

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Kenya has received 17 mountain bongos a very rare type of antelope from a conservation centre in the United States.

The antelopes are third-generation descendants of mountain bongos taken from Kenya in the 1960s.

The return of the critically endangered animals, from the Rare Species Conservation Foundation in Florida, was hailed as a “monumental step” in Kenya’s conservation efforts.

From about 500 in the 1970s, less than 100 mountain bongos are estimated to remain in the wild in Kenya, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service.

The KWS said this was due to habitat loss, poaching, illegal activities, disease, and small fragmented populations.

Kenya’s Tourism Minister Rebecca Miano described the arrival of the bongos at the country’s main airport on Sunday night as “emotional and so cool”, and a benefit for Kenya’s tourism and conservation sectors.

The animals were taken to wildlife sanctuaries in Meru county near Mount Kenya, where they will be nurtured before they are gradually introduced to their natural habitat.

Ms Miano said the mountain bongo, “a species originally only found in Kenya, has suffered untold grief over the decades… dwindling to alarming proportions”.

She said the plan was to grow the population to 700 by 2050.

The mountain bongo, which has a bright chestnut-red colour with narrow white stripes, is the largest African forest-dwelling antelope, according to the KWS.

It is listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as a Critically Endangered species – with more individuals in captivity than in the wild.

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