This is possibly the only bubal preserved in the United States of America. The Bubal hartebeest and Sahara oryx are extinct. Like other hartebeests, the bubal was a social animal. In Ancient Egypt oryxes, addaxes and bubal hartebeests are depicted in carved walls. The bubal hartebeest was protected under the London Convention of 1933. Bubal was a native village located on the Western side of Lake Tulare.