Bongo Repatriation Program
On 29 January 2004, at 8:00 p.m., an Air Transport International DC-8 freighter touched down in Nairobi carrying 18 mountain bongo antelope and two tons of antelope feed, consummating RSCF's 10-year campaign to repatriate captive bred bongo from the United States back to Kenya.
Click here for photos and information about the Bongo Repatriation Program and shipment of bongo to Africa in 2004.
Click here for the latest information from RSCF Field Associate Lyndon Estes about the ongoing ecological research currently underway to support the Mountain Bongo Repatriation and Reintroduction Project.
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The pictures you see above were taken with a Bushnell remote sensing camera system,
or camera "trap", set up near a salt lick within the Aberdares National Park (Honi Valley) in March 2006. The laser-triggered camera captured images of a variety of animal species visiting
the mineral lick including elephant; waterbuck; warthog; buffalo; and significantly, a mountain bongo female and calf. These photos are invaluable in assessing the status of
remnant bongo population within the national park.
Click on the links below for the latest Bongo Project field reports.
October 2005
April 2006
June 2006
Additional 2006 field report
Click here for raw camera trap images.
Help support the Bongo Repatriation Program. Your tax deductable donation will support field researchers, equipment, and the continued monitoring and protection of one of Africa's spectacular flagship species--the Mountain bongo antelope.
