Nairobi, Dec. 2 -- Five mountain bongos have been set free in a sanctuary in a big step in the fight to save the animals which are only about 100 left in the wild.

Considered critically endangered, the chestnut-coloured mountain bongo is one of the largest forest antelopes and native to the equatorial forests of Mount Kenya, Eburu, Mau and the Aberdares.

In March 2022, the first five mountain bongos that had been successfully returned to the wild were set free at the Mawingu Mountain Bongo Sanctuary.

The Bongos were released between November 25 and December 1, bringing the total number of rewilded Bongos in 2022 to 10.

The breeding program for bongos began in 2004, according to Dr Robert Aruho, Head of the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conserv...