The lowland bongo, better known as the world’s largest forest antelope, was spotted in Uganda’s Semuliki National Park, which borders on the Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of the first large-scale camera trap survey, led by the zoo. According to Nixon, there are no lowland bongo housed in zoos, which limits all conservation efforts to wild populations. The lowland bongo wasn’t the only species captured on camera. Forest elephants, chimpanzees, buffalos and leopards were spotted as well as smaller, lesser-known animals such as elephant shrews, the common Kusimanse and the slippery African golden cat. The World Wildlife Fund have currently implemented camera traps as part of their African Rhino programme, geared towards rescuing the dwindling rhino population.

Source: National Post October 02, 2018 15:22 UTC