A helicopter successfully herds 16 critically endangered banteng onto a truck in Cambodia for the first time. Conservation groups Rising Phoenix and Siem Pang said that the banteng found in the wild were herded over three days through a "mass-capture funnel trap" onto a truck before being relocated to a wildlife sanctuary. Banteng are a type of wild cattle native to Southeast Asia and listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of threatened s

Before Curt Coleman joined The Wilds, he didn’t even know the banteng existed. Growing up in a small town near the Muskingum River, surrounded by livestock, bantengs were a mystery. Now, they’re his passion—and his purpose. Bantengs may look like an ordinary cow to some, but they’re so much more. These extraordinary animals play a critical role in maintaining the health of grasslands and forests by grazing and spreading seeds. But today, the International Union for Conservation of Nature lists b