Longleat Safari & Adventure Park the bongos

They had 3 boys from somewhere in the UK (never found out where) and later aqquired another one called Darcy (don't know if it was male or female) Darcy somehow walked over a cattle grid and escaped from the enclosure and had to be tempted back with some food.
 
Sorry, I don't. I've tried to download the bongo studbook but the link does not work.
 
The 3 males are still there. 3 females are supposed to have arrived recently although they are not yet on show. 1 of the males is called Beppo and I can't remember the names of the other 2. Don't know what happend to Darcy. He didn't settle well though so it's possible he was sent elsewhere.
 
the three original boys are beppo groucho and harpo and came from port lympne. Darcy then arrived. On my recent visit the herd seemed to have grown slightly, i was informed the new animals were females.
 
Did the eland herd used to be kept in the big game park and if so why did they move into the central area with the bongos?
 
The 3:0 Eastern bongo are-

Tombo- born 30/07/07 at Chester (He was shown on zoodays)
Harpo- born 17/04/04 at Port lympe
Groucho- born 16/04/04 at Port lympe

Darcy died at Longleat in 2008 I think (It may be wrong looking at the Studbook).
 
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