Nairobi, May 7 -- A 20-year campaign to save one of Kenya's critically endangered antelope from extinction, the mountain bongo has made significant progress with the release of 24 animals into the wild after years in captivity.

The antelope is the largest of the species found in mountainous regions but its population has declined in the last 50 years and is included in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.

This species experienced one of the steepest population declines due to unrestricted hunting, poaching, habitat loss and disease with less than 100 left in the wild currently. The few remaining are found in Mt Kenya Forest, the Aberdare Ranges and Cherangani Hills.

As part of the breeding and rewilding p...