Happy World Bongo Day! Our eastern mountain bongos, male, Ricky, and females Leanne and Hayley, were celebrated today with some special enrichment and treats! Eastern mountain bongos and elands are the only species of spiral-horned antelope in which both males and females have horns. As they are a critically endangered subspecies, World Bongo Day not only raises awareness of their precarious status in the wild, but of the importance of protecting them. Their forest home, where they have been iso

A day for the critically endangered Bongo! 🌿 Today we are celebrating World Bongo Day with Eastern Bongo Ekundu who is a 19-year-old male who weighs close to 350kgs. Eastern or Mountain Bongos are one of Africa’s rarest mammals, and are the largest forest antelope. They are critically endangered due to poaching and habitat loss, with less than 100 individuals left in the forest slopes of Northern Kenya. Bongos are mostly nocturnal antelope recognisable for their long spiralled horns and brillia

Today is a World Bongo Day, a day which aims to raise awareness and funds for the Bongo Surveillance Project which carries out critical work with the remnant bongo populations in the wild. Taronga is home to one beautiful Bongo named Ekundu. To help us learn a bit more about this fascinating species we joined Ungulate Keeper Beth on one of Ekundu’s daily husbandry sessions.#forthewild #tarongatv | Taronga Zoo Sydney