Mar. 2014 – New Baby Hippo
The Turgwe Hippo Trust are proud to announce the birth of this new calf to Relief hippo and young male Kuchek. This is the first calf for both hippos. The calf is the 50th hippo baby born since 1990 when Karen Paolillo first began her behaviour study of these amazing...Name the baby hippo
NAME THE BABY HIPPO The Turgwe Hippo Trust is having another raffle, this time for you to enter and have the chance of naming a new baby hippo. The calf is the son or daughter of Relief and I believe Kuchek the young male is a first time father. The calf was...
Feb. 16th – The first baby hippo of 2014.
Relief has given birth to her first calf. I last saw her on January 21st without a baby then the Turgwe River came up in flood and all of the hippos moved to quieter areas. The game scouts found on the 10th February just one kilometer upstream from Hippo Haven the...
New Turgwe Hippo Trust merchandise, BonBon and Maxie ornament
All hippo collectors and foster parents of BonBon and Maxie hippos see the new ornaments that my friend Suzie Marsh has just finished. Her animal sculptures are bought by Royalty for recently Prince Harry purchased two of her elephant sculptures. Now you can buy her...
Feb. 2014 – Baboons stranded in a flooded Turgwe
Some of the resident troop of Chacma baboons that share the Paolillo’s life at Turgwe Hippo Trust are stranded in a tree in the flooded Turgwe River. Later Kuchek hippo arrives back at the river after 2 weeks of not one single hippo in the area. The same day...
Jan. 2014 – Hippos after the rains
The Turgwe hippos, gaping, calling and enjoying life since the rains have come. And the video...
What happened during Year 2013?
2013 was a pretty harsh year for the hippos and other wildlife in our area. A localized drought, stemming from rains that fell in one large amount and then petered out, saw us without any grazing for the animals dependant on the Lowveld grasses. Browse on the trees...
Nov. 2013 – Squiggle slender mongoose
This video catches up with Squiggle the mongoose & shows how she has...
Exciting news : Karen Paolillo’s book to be published by Penguin South Africa- June 2014
Wonderful news. On WORLD ANIMAL DAY I signed a contract with Penguin publishers South Africa for my book “working title” A HIPPO LOVE STORY-TURGWE HIPPO TRUST to be published. They expect it out by June 2nd. I will keep everyone up to date. The link to...
Squiggle – Slender mongoose written by Laura Simpson, Harmony Fund USA
There’s never an ‘ordinary’ day in the life of raising a baby mongoose. Just ask Karen Paolillo, Founder of the Turgwe Hippo Trust. Since Karen began hand rearing an orphaned Slender mongoose named Squiggle at her home in Zimbabwe, there have been waves of laughter...
Oct. 2013 – Human visitors to the Turgwe Hippo Trust
This video shows a number of supporters who have recently visited Hippo Haven. It also show a very impressive baobab, plus hippos &...You can Donate or Adopt a hippo
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