Rare Bongo Comes Home

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MOUNT KENYA, Kenya - Eighteen rare mountain antelope leapt from their shipping containers onto the slopes of Mount Kenya on Friday - the climax of an attempt begun two decades ago to save the species from extinction.

Don Hunt was an avid hunter when he came to Kenya in 1964, but became a conservationist when he saw the wildlife population was shrinking fast. Working with his friend, the actor William Holden, he captured 20 mountain antelope and sent them to the United States for breeding.

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Rare Bongo Comes Home

On Friday, the descendants of those animals returned to Mount Kenya, a major step in Mr. ...

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