Temba’s Familly- 2020

Temba’s Familly- 2020

Jul 21, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Karen's blog

This is Tembia hippo’s family with himself totaling 15 hippos. Three new calves born to his family this year 2020. Tembia is very special as he was conceived when Karen Paolillo first fed the last hippos of the Turgwe River back in 1991/92. His mother Lace conceived...
Welcoming Max !

Welcoming Max !

Jul 17, 2020 | Blog, Karen's blog

Last May, we started a draw to name our latest cub born between 10 & 11th March 2020. He is a male, and his mother is Relief and father is probably Kuchek. His name is MAX and he is Relief’s third son. Relief’s older son Steve has now become what we call our...
Steve the Hippo June 2020

Steve the Hippo June 2020

Jun 23, 2020 | Video Blog

A remarkable video of Steve, a young wild male hippo that has started visiting the house. Also includes a family of wild warthog that are happy to be...
Happy News in May

Happy News in May

Jun 11, 2020 | Blog, Karen's blog

Life here in the bush at Turgwe Hippo Trust has been interesting of late in that we now have a resident house hippo! Steve a young male of 2 years and nine months was chased out of the family pod at the beginning of this year. This was because his mother Relief was...
Baby Hippos Playing in the Wild May 2020

Baby Hippos Playing in the Wild May 2020

May 25, 2020 | Video Blog

Playing hippos in the wild Kai the older is just over one year of age and the baby not yet named is just over two months. The new calf is the 61st calf born since the Turgwe Hippo Trust was came about and Karen Paolillo began her behaviour study thirty years ago this...
New Baby Hippo Naming Draw – May 2020

New Baby Hippo Naming Draw – May 2020

May 8, 2020 | Blog, Karen's blog

Please enter the draw below so that you have a chance to win and name the new baby hippo. Send us a male and a female name  and once we know the sex of the baby we will choose the name from the winning ticket. Your donation for this draw helps the Turgwe Hippo Trust...
2020 Happy New Year Turgwe Hippo Trust

2020 Happy New Year Turgwe Hippo Trust

Jan 10, 2020 | Video Blog

A VERY HAPPY HIPPO NEW YEAR to all TURGWE HIPPO TRUST SUPPORTERS. This video shows some of the Turgwe Hippos just being hippos.  We hope it will bring you happiness and make this new year a good one for you and those who you love, be it human or animal or hopefully...