‘Ghost of the forest’ returns to Kenya as conservationists reintroduce rare antelope into the wild

>The mountain bongo is a rare antelope known for its brown skin and distinct white stripes. With fewer than 100 individuals left in the wild, a conservancy based in Kenya is breeding them and slowly reintroducing them into the wild, with a target of 750 wild bongos by 2050. I never heard of a bongo until now. Seems cool.

This species is being saved through captive breeding programs in zoos, where they are carefully bred and then gradually reintroduced back into the wild. The main goal is to rebuild their population and prevent them from going completely extinct.

The fact they got a nickname like ghost of the forest is so cool

I’m all for this. Humans have caused so much ecological devastation, it’s our duty to try and fix what we can. Hopefully without making things worse.

To paraphrase Gordon Ramsay, finally some good f****** news

I thought the Okapi was the ghost of the forest?

Totally thought this was phish related

That's crazy, I didn't realize how endangered they were. I literally [pet one](https://www.wildliferanchtexas.com/) on the snout recently, in Texas, from the window of my car, about 5 miles from a Super Walmart.

Such wonderfully unique creatures. I hope the conservation efforts will be successful.

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Omg yay! I think I remember seeing the Bongo on Secrets of the Zoo (I believe in Tampa) and thought they were so beautiful!

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I remember in high school, a history teacher was arguing with us there was no such thing as a Bongo. Some of us had all read about it in the same textbook in another class earlier that day. I think he had some misplaced concern we were doing a little unfortunate stereotyping or something?

While I think this is neat but also have no faith in humanity so I think it might be a bad idea.

Please be the Bongo...please be the Bongo....yay! My fav antelope!

I see how ya tryin’a get me excited about a antelope. It ain’t working tho’

Let's hope nobody kills them for boner pills or some other superstitious bullshit.

Anyone else read Kanye several times and be thoroughly confused by this title?

I had no idea these were so rare. Beautiful animals.

Don't let the rich know. A US millionaire will swoop in with suitcases of cash to pay off anyone they can. just to take a pick with the antelope corpse. Takes a weak man to shoot animals for game and the US has plenty of em.

*Ghost of the Forest takes a deep breath* Ahhhh. So this is freedom? Yaaas. Finally back home in my native land! *Tiger jumps out from a patch of grass* FUUUCK!

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