Feeding During Drought October 2024

Feeding During Drought October 2024

Hi everyone, here are some new video clips from the trail camera at Kuchek hippos two feeding stations. I have been feeding everyone since April, at ten feeding stations with over 160 wild animals now benefiting from this feeding during this horrendous 2024 drought. I...
Feeding During Drought August 2024

Feeding During Drought August 2024

The pressure is on now as the heat arrives with September. I hope we will get rains by mid- November early December but in the meantime we need your help to keep this feeding going. I am feeding now just over 100 wild animals with 20 hippos and then elephants, bush...
Karen and the Hippos

Karen and the Hippos

Hi everyone this is the result of the TV show that came and filmed here in April. They came all the way from Quebec in Canada with Blimp TV. The most amazing crew. Louis Asselin director, Claudia Gilbert vet extraordinaire an amazing TV presentator and beautiful soul,...
Another Brick in the Wall

Another Brick in the Wall

Delivery of Bricks Delivery of bricks to build storage shed for the hay and also feed for the hippos and other wildlife in the drought.  This is all thanks to hippo supporters in the first appeal.  We love you...
Extraordinary Animal Behaviour

Extraordinary Animal Behaviour

This talk by Karen Paolillo author of ‘Hippos, a mongoose and me’ talks a little bit about some of the animals in the book which of course includes the hippos alongside images and videos of some amazing animal behavior. We hope you will all...
Christmas 2023

Christmas 2023

Christmas 2023 or Holiday Season for those that prefer that name 2023 Turgwe Hippo Trust. A Selection of some of the wildlife that you are helping by adopting a hippo. Donating, purchasing merchandise or coming here as a paying guest/volunteer and meeting the animals....
New Pan 6th June 2023

New Pan 6th June 2023

49 wonderful hippo supporters kindly donated toward this new pan for the wild animals. First we hired a bulldozer from our neighbours and dug out the area for the pan. Then it has had reinforcement mats put down and then concrete and cement to build on to them. It is...
Steve hippo Feb 2023

Steve hippo Feb 2023

Steve hippo came to our home 4th February in daylight in the rain. His wounds have healed so well and he looks amazing. Hope you all enjoy Love Karen and all the hippos....
Christmas 2022

Christmas 2022

  Holiday greetings and a very Happy Christmas to all supporters of the Turgwe Hippo Trust. We hope everyone has a happy festive time and that happiness will follow you all into the New Year. I thank every single one of you who has donated, volunteered and donated,...
Karen and the Warthogs, November 2022

Karen and the Warthogs, November 2022

Karen Paolillo only gives supplementary feeding to wild animals that come to Turgwe Hippo Trust headquarters for sanctuary. Over the years many warthogs have been poached but by coming to Hippo Haven they have a safe place to visit, and they tend to stay in burrows...