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2008

April

• Pesticide Kills Hippos in Kenya
• Deadly Dam Drained to Discourage Hippo Population
• An Unusual Housemate

March

• Pygmy Hippos “Rediscovered”
• Hippos to be Included in Mozambique Census
• Berlin Zoo Questioned Over Missing Hippo & Other Animals

February

• Hippo/Whale Relationship Rethought
• Investigators Release Report on Death of Hazina the Hippo
• S.A. Farmer Shoots Hippo Legally…Arrested Anyway

January

• An Unlikely Association in Cameroon
• New Hippo Exhibit in San Antonio TX, USA

2007

December

• Extinct Cyprian Hippos Create Quandray
• Brookfield (Chicago) Zoo Euthanizes Hippo
• Imaginary Hippo at the Center of Major Prank

October/November

• Hippo Project Helps Kids in Ghana
• Wandering Hippo Goes Surfing in Richards Bay, S.A.
• Hippo Dies After 29 Hours in Truck

September

• Tonga the Hippo Enjoying New Life in South Africa

August

• Neglected Circus Hippo Starts New Life in S.A. Sanctuary
• Hippo Overpopulation Linked to “Poisoned” Dam
• Hippo Kills Capybara at Florida Zoo

July

• Teenagers vie for Darwin Award – Yep, it was Over a Girl.
• Hippo Visits St. Lucia Resort
• Pygmy Hippo, Aldo, Born in Paris

June

• Hippos Observed in Sudan
• San Francisco Hippo Euthanized
• Ugandan Warden Gets Some Exercise

May

• Hippos Killed in Mozambique
• Louisville Zoo Pygmy Hippo Calf Gets Named
• Hippos to be Used to Predict EarthQuakes

April

• Krueger Park Facilities to cut Water Usage
• Pygmy Hippo Naming Contest Coming to a Close
• Hippo Injuries Elderly Man in Kenya

March

• South African hippo dies after being darted
• Hippo dies at Brimingham, AL zoo
  

February 

• Kenyan "witches" said to be communing with Hippos
• Hippo attacks woman in South Africa
  

January

• More bad news for DRC hippos
• Pygmy hippo born at Louisville Zoo
• Vancouver avoids hippo cruelty charges

Note: This Newsletter was not in publication from October 2005 to December 2006

2005

September

• Hippos face extinction in DRC
• South African Man Killed by Hippo

August

• Vancouver Hippo Exhibit Receives More Criticism
• South African Beauty Queen Still Recovering from Hippo Attack
• Hippo Overcrowding Blamed for Fish Deaths 

July

• Indiana Hippo Celebrates 54th Birthday
• Dwindling Fish Catch Linked to Hippo Killings

June

• Ugandan Anthrax Hippos Poisoned?

May

• Kenyan Hippos May Lose Lake
• Zambian Fisherman Killed by Hippo
• Thailand Rejects Hippo Imports
• Hippos Sales Benefit Ezemvelo KZN

April

No articles this month...

March

• Illegal Logging Threatens Kenyan Hippos
• Vancouver Zoo Hippo to Stay
• South African Fisherman Killed by Hippo
• Australian Tourist Killed by Hippo

February

• Pygmy Hippo Named After Yachtswoman
• Moroccan Zoogoer Hurt by Hippo
• Hippo/Whale Fossil Discovery
• Uganda Seeking US$144K to Fight Hippo Anthrax
• Two Hurt in Rush for Hippo Meat
  

January

• SA Gospel Singer Killed by Hippo
• Zambian Farmers Fearful of Hippos
• The Tortoise and the Hippo?
• Ugandan Anthrax Update
• Baseball Hall of Famer Hunts Hippos; Raises Ire
• More Hippo/Whale Links