Beautiful animals at Turgwe Hippo Trust March 2015

Beautiful animals at Turgwe Hippo Trust March 2015

Mar 22, 2015 | Video Blog

Karen Paolillo has filmed a diverse range of animals living around Hippo Haven, including some very relaxed baboons and a pack of painted wild dogs. Also warthog, zebra, waterbuck, puff adder, leopard tortoise, white fronted plover and of course...
Repairing the Hippo Pan March 2015

Repairing the Hippo Pan March 2015

Mar 11, 2015 | Video Blog

Karen Paolillo talks about the Hippos and sits with some of them showing the relationship she has with wild hippos. They are contentedly sleeping. New baby hippo Georgie makes an appearance followed by work at the hippo pan with Maphios the builder. Thank you to...
Name the baby hippo Jan 2015

Name the baby hippo Jan 2015

Jan 28, 2015 | Video Blog

Our first footage of Tacha’s new baby. You have the chance to name the new baby hippo. A Bushbuck visits the garden. Also a water monitor enjoys using the water trough built for the...
Cute Animals Oct 2014

Cute Animals Oct 2014

Oct 29, 2014 | Video Blog

At the Turgwe Hippo Trust a family of Chacma baboons of over fifty use our home as their habitat and so we get to watch completely natural behaviour. Some of it is so cute as you will see in this small video clip. Squiggle the slender mongoose came into our lives in...
Hippos before the Summer Heat Sept 2014

Hippos before the Summer Heat Sept 2014

Sep 14, 2014 | Video Blog

Last chance to watch Turgwe hippos on land before the heat of summer arrives and they remain in the river pools. Travis Riggs the 2013 raffle ticket winner from the USA enjoys close contact with some of the Turgwe...
Karen Paolillo and the Turgwe Hippos July 2014

Karen Paolillo and the Turgwe Hippos July 2014

Jul 10, 2014 | Video Blog

Karen Paolillo shows the close bond she has formed with the Turgwe Hippos over the last two decades. The hippos allow her to photograph and video while they are on land with her. Kuchek the young bull is now in charge of the family since the sad demise of Robin. Robin...
A Hippo Love Story – the Book

A Hippo Love Story – the Book

May 6, 2014 | Video Blog

A Hippo Love Story A new book by Karen Paolillo of the Turgwe Hippo Trust A story that is not only about a woman’s passion and love for the hippos but how her determination and focus have kept these animals alive and safe, faced with everything that Africa can...
A beautiful horse Shandy April 2014

A beautiful horse Shandy April 2014

Apr 9, 2014 | Video Blog

Karen Paolillo takes a couple of days off for the AGM of the Turgwe Hippo Trust in Harare, followed by a forgotten pleasure. Riding the most beautiful horse, Shandy, an Arab palomino. Then a visit to Tiki Hywood Trust to see Lisa Hywood and Ellen, meet Nia the Cape...
Mar. 2014 – New Baby Hippo

Mar. 2014 – New Baby Hippo

Mar 15, 2014 | Video Blog

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...
Feb. 2014 – Baboons stranded in a flooded Turgwe

Feb. 2014 – Baboons stranded in a flooded Turgwe

Feb 14, 2014 | Video Blog

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...