May 26, 1969 
Mr. Volkmar Wentzel 
National Geographic Magazine 
i7th and M Streets, N.W. 
Washington, D. C. 20036 
Dear Mr. Wentzel: 
Mr. Andrew Brown was kind enough to send me a copy of 
your memo about Baron von Stackelberg and his location 
of the bongo on Mt. Kenya. 
Tony Parkinson had thoroughly reconnoitered this area 
and while there was evidence of plenty of bongo, it 
was not possible to get the animals out alive. This 
is a good hunting area but had animals been captured 
the only way to get them out was by killing them. Also 
in this area there were many elephants and buffalos 
which would have messed up the traps. We talked about 
going into this area to get pictures but found it 
inadvisable. Allan Root reconnoitered this area but 
did not set up traps for the same reason. 
Many thanks for your continued interest in this project. 
You will be happy to know that our traps in Kenya are 
steady enough to hold ten buffaloes at one time. Wouldn't 
it be fun to have been there when they were turned aloose! 
Sincerely yours, 
Theodore H. Reed, D.V.M. 
Director 
cc: Mr. Andrew Brown 
