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Scanned Catskill Game Farm Photos 1999

Male lechwe (Kobus leche)

my first photos of the species! They were impossible to find in captivity in the USA in the from late 1980s-early 2000s!
Male lechwe (Kobus leche)

my first photos of the species! They were impossible to find in captivity in the USA in the from late 1980s-early 2000s!
 
Male lechwe (Kobus leche)

my first photos of the species! They were impossible to find in captivity in the USA in the from late 1980s-early 2000s!

At the time, what Kobus leche subspecies was more rare in the US ?, Kafue lechwe or Red lechwe ?
 
Does that appear to be a growth on it's shoulder to anyone else? Does anyone know what it could be? (cancer, etc)
 
Does that appear to be a growth on it's shoulder to anyone else? Does anyone know what it could be? (cancer, etc)

Given the location of the growth, its most likely an old abscess wound related to an injection site from a dart or syringe.
 

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