Group of 'extinct' antelope released into wild in southern Sahara

Conservationists hope second group of 14 scimitar-horned oryx bred in captivity will help repopulate original habitat in Chad

A group of scimitar-horned oryx, an antelope declared extinct in the wild, have been reintroduced to their original home on the edge of the Sahara desert.

Fourteen captive-bred animals were released in a remote area of Chad and joined a first group reintroduced in August 2016, conservationists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) said.