First sighting of reintroduced captive-bred bongo on mount Kenya.(News From Zoos)(Brief article)

From: Endangered Species Update | Date: October 1, 2006 | Copyright information

Faced with rapidly declining populations, U.S. zoos began captive breeding programs for the mountain bongo in the 1960s in an effort to save the species. Thirteen AZA-accredited zoos supported the AZA Bongo Species Survival Plan[R] and related reintroduction programs at their inception, and Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy spearheaded local efforts for reintroduction. In 2004, decades after breeding programs began, captive-bred bongo were finally reintroduced to their native hab...

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