The UK’s last remaining female of one of the world’s most endangered antelope breeds has moved to a Suffolk zoo, in a new effort to save the species from extinction. 

Africa Alive, in Lowestoft, has welcomed the country’s only female Nile Lechwe to its collection, as part of a new breeding program.

One of the most endangered species in the world, Nile Lechwe are a type of antelope native to southern Sudan and southwestern Ethiopia.

There is only around 32,000 left in the world, according to the IUCN Red List.

Africa Alive already has one of the rare antelope - a male - and it's hoped that the two will hit it off enough to kickstart a successful captive breeding program. 

Molly Ruder, reserve operations manager at Watatunga Wildlife Reserve, said: "This week, we bid farewell to a much-loved member of our reserve, while it's with a heavy heart we see her leave, we're really hopeful for what her union with Africa Alive's male Nile lechwe could signify for their species.

"It's bittersweet, but the potential of what she represents for the Nile lechwe's future is what truly matters."