ENDANGERED: Saving the Eastern Bongo

Bongo at Mt Kenya Wildlife Conservancy. Establishment of ranches and other wildlife farms would help reduce the increasing number of animals living in protected areas. PHOTO | COURTESY OF MKWC

In August, tourists in the Aberdares range of central Kenya saw a large male bongo antelope cross the road and disappear into the forest before anyone could take a photograph.

It has become extremely rare to see bongo in the wild, and unless conservation efforts are intensified, the antelope could soon be extinct.