The last four Boks living on an English beauty place were reportedly eradicated by the National Trust.
The Boks, who regularly scaled down the dramatic cliffs in Brean Down in Somerset, were put down due to ill health, including tuberculosis (TB), the charity told the BBC.
The coastal area has an abandoned Napoleonic fort and is popular with hikers for spectacular sunsets overlooking Weston-Super-Mare.
National Trust South West said that health issues were raised because of the Boks’ “limited gene pool” before tests showed that they had TB.
A spokesman told the BBC that the charity only had wildlife management “when it is absolutely necessary”. The independent also approached National Trust.
The spokesman said: “The number of Boks on Brean Down has decreased to only four Boks over the past few years.
“It raised significant welfare issues, including poor health due to the limited gene pool. Tests confirmed that they also wore TB. Unfortunately, the Boks had to be eradicated.
‘We are passionate about caring for special places and the wildlife that lives there, but sometimes have to make difficult decisions.
“Our approach is led by the requirement that control interventions should be human and informed by evidence.”
Over the past few years, residents have become increasingly concerned about the well -being of the Boks after some have fallen to the cliffs.
Some demanded that the animal charity acted RSPCA to reform them to reports that they were bad.
