Hippos at Game

Hippos at Game

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

On the left is Kai, age one year and two month, playing with new calf Max age four months. Photo taken July 2020. Hippo calves play at open mouthed pushing games and often leap over each other in the water like dolphins. They will gape like this and joust with each...
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...
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...
Herbert attacked by a crazed bull

Herbert attacked by a crazed bull

Apr 12, 2019 | Blog, Karen's blog

Today we had a miracle in that I thought our head game scout (Herbert) was dead. He and Elijah went on patrol and at 7.am Elijah came home to tell me that they had been attacked by a buffalo. (Now only about 5 days ago, a man had been killed by a buffalo just about...
Ant Fynn’s Donation to the Trust

Ant Fynn’s Donation to the Trust

Mar 14, 2019 | Blog, Karen's blog

Ant Fynn  an internationally renowned artist from Zimbabwe, who I believe captures the spirit and likeness of an African animal in its habitat like no other Zimbabwean artist, has given me the greatest of honours in donating to me personally this amazing oil of Kuchek...
SURPRISE left us.

SURPRISE left us.

Dec 31, 2018 | Blog, Karen's blog

  I end this year on a very sad note, hoping that we will move forward into a happier and better new year. A very special female hippo, Surprise, was found dead on December 23rd but I have only written this blog now as I wanted to notify her supporters before...
Joe

Joe

Dec 29, 2018 | Blog, Karen's blog

In honor of two very special animals I write this last blog for 2018. For those following Facebook you will have read Joe’s story. Joe, a massive, elderly male baboon who allowed two humans into his private space. Joe was part of the Hippo Haven wild troop and of them...
New 2020 Turgwe Hippo Trust Calendar is ready

New 2020 Turgwe Hippo Trust Calendar is ready

Oct 12, 2018 | Blog, Karen's blog

Hello The new 2020 Turgwe Hippo Trust calendar is ready.   Featuring: TACHA, KAI,STEVE,KUCHEK,BOBON, RELIEF,TEMBIA, GRACE, HARVEY, CHEEKY,HORATIO, BECKY,BABA,LAURA, TSAKUS & ODILE UK supporters, select £ and calendar will be shipped from UK. European...