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Why the return of 8 critically endangered bongos was aborted

Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) personnel release Malewa one of the two Mountain Bongo's at the 776-acre MKWC during their rewilding process, May 7, 2024.  [Mose Sammy, Standard]

A chartered Boeing, which was slated to carry eight critically endangered Mountain bongo antelopes from South Florida to Kenya, aborted its departure after it developed mechanical challenges, thwarting this year's repatriation mission.

The animals were being brought into Kenya as part of the decades-long international conservation efforts to rescue the species from extinction.

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