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A chartered Boeing, which was slated to carry eight critically endangered Mountain bongo antelopes from South Florida to Kenya
Despite years of fires, poaching and grazing pressure, the ecosystem endured and is now recovering. The forest is home to bongos, leopards, giant forest hogs, serval cats and colobus monkeys.
Nandy won praise online after giving a young egg vendor Sh5,000 to start his own business and later returning to find he had moved into better housing and was steadily growing his venture.
Kenya is deploying satellite surveillance to protect shrinking mountain bongo habitats as conservationists warn the species faces extinction if forest loss continues.
The show is now in its 16th season—and for the second time, it will actively feature Kenyan participation.
KWS works alongside Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy in the breeding and rewilding programme for the mountain bongos, providing regulatory oversight and technical support.
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