Calauit Island situated in north western coast of Palawan, Philippines

Philippines

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. It declared as a wildlife sanctuary and game preserve in 1977.

The wild animals were imported from Africa in 1970s to save them from extinction. The imported animals include 20 giraffe

Giraffe

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s, dozens of zebra

Zebra

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 and antelope

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s. Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos

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 ordered the locals to move other places and then he ordered to clear the bamboo forests to make the place similar to the savannah

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s of Kenya

Kenya

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. Today, the African animals still roaming around the island and the number of animals is roughly the same as the original number.