Embu, Kenya: Nine people are admitted at the Embu Level Five General Hospital after allegedly feasting on a hippo carcass in Kaluku village, Mbeere South Sub-county. Police rushed the victims to the ...

When Kenya Wildlife Service personnel shot this stray hippo in a thicket in Ol Kalou, Nyandarua County, residents – seeing for dinner – quickly shared out the meat on a first-come-first-served basis.

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Hippos are large, loud, and dangerous. Hippo attacks are vicious. So if you’re around one, keep your guard up. And don’t be fooled by its big, cute face. That animal might be hungry. Do hippos eat ...

Namibia has authorized the culling of hundreds of animals, including elephants, as part of a plan to feed people in the drought-stricken southern African country. About half of Namibia's population is ...

A few years ago in Zambia, hippos were dropping dead by the dozens. Soon after the hippos fell ill, people started getting sick, too. Between August and September of 2011, at least 85 hippos died in a ...

In 1910, the United States faced a national meat shortage — and politicians came up with a shocking solution: import hippos from Africa and farm them in the Louisiana swamps. This short documentary ...