It gives me great pleasure to announce the rediscovery of an animal believed to have been extinct for nearly a century and a half. Nonetheless, unconfirmed rumour in the 1930s was to the effect that a small population of the Cape Desert Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus) might have survived. On strength of the old rumour a recent capture expedition was organized, but failed to locate the animal mentioned
Time delay cameras were left however, and a single photograph now displays the forgotten and unknown beast in full colour. The type still exists, thankfully. With locality in the Kalahari Desert now better defined, renewed efforts for captive breeding and eventual rehabilitation of the badly diminished population are being planned afresh
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