The struggle to keep one of the world's largest and rarest antelope species alive has taken a massive step forward in Kenya.

Kenya welcomed 17 mountain bongos, a critically endangered type of antelope endemic to Kenya, from a conservation center in the United States on Sunday (February 23). The antelopes are third-generation descendants of mountain bongos originally taken from Kenya in the 1960s.

By Gilbert Nakweya Mountain bongos, one of the largest and rarest species of antelope in the world, are endemic to Kenya. However, so few of the animals remain in their native habitat that the Kenyan government has launched an ambitious effort to gather the animals from zoos and conservancies worldwide to restore the species in the wild.

Kenya on Sunday received 17 mountain bongos from the United States, a development hailed as a major milestone in the efforts t

Kenya has received 17 rare mountain bongos from a US conservation center.These antelopes are the third-generation offspring of mountain bongos originally taken from Kenya in the 1960s.As per BBC, the return of these critically endangered

In a statement released on Monday, the Kenya Wildlife Service said that the repatriation of the mountain bongos were flown in on Sunday as part of an initiative of Kenya's National Recovery and Action Plan for the Mountain Bongo, which aims to increase the population to 750 individuals over the next 50 years.

Kenya Wildlife Service received 17 mountain bongos, a rare type of antelope from a conversation centre in the United States on Sunday. A monumental moment in the Kenyan Tourism and hospitality industry.