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Endangered mountain bongo to be flown from US to new sanctuary in Meru

Mountain Bongo. [Courtesy]

A multi-agency team has been set up to help in the conservation of the critically endangered Mountain Bongo and Black Rhino. The new Meru County Bongo and Black Rhino Conservation Trust has been tasked with the protection of the animals in a new sanctuary in Mucheene and Ntirimiti forests that are part of forests in Mount Kenya.

Experts say although the Mountan Bongo, a large forest antelope, was native around Mt Kenya, human activity has wiped them out.

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