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Bonbon hippo eating the food at night
So impressed with BonBon hippo. I started putting food out for them for this localized drought on Saturday. They are just under one mile from where I put the food but it is in the same place as I laid it out in 2016. 3 years later darling BonBon arrived...
Name the new baby with your preferred birthname – Draw is done!
New baby hippo born around MAY 15 to MAY 18 th, mother is TACHA and father could be Tembia. It could quite possibly be a male as it is a large calf but we will have to be patient and wait to find out. You now have the chance to name this baby. I would suggest if you...
Herbert attacked by a crazed bull
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 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.
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
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
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...
Winner of the 2019 visit in Hippo Haven is …
Hello all We have published the video of the draw for finding the winner of the 2019 visit at the trust. Visit the vimeo link and discover who will be the happy winner. Congratulations. Karen and the hippos.
Surprise Is Mother Again
Surprise hippo has eventually had a new calf. You now have the opportunity of naming this baby and become one of his or her supporters. We do not yet know the sex, Surprise has in the past had both male and female calves. To date Surprise has given birth to the...
DVD DOUBLE. Presentation by KAREN PAOLILLO of THE TURGWE HIPPO TRUST
DVD DOUBLE. PRESENTATION BY KAREN PAOLILLO OF THE TURGWE HIPPO TRUST, ZIMBABWE. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY-ONDAATJE THEATRE, LONDON 21ST NOVEMBER 2017. With video of audience, small hippo video intro, introduction by Jill Robinson, MBE. CEO & Founder...
Back Home in Zimbabwe
On arriving home at Hippo Haven from the longest time we have left here in over 27 years, 4.5 weeks, it was very hard in some ways. I had the honour of giving my presentation about the hippos at the Royal Geographic Society, Ondaatje Theatre in London, meeting some...
Patrick Mavros Gifts are Available for Christmas
At the end of my presentation in London at the Royal Geographic Society on November 21st, the wonderful Mr. Patrick Mavros stood up and kindly donated yet again amazing gifts to the Turgwe Hippo Trust. He has designed and has made in an amazingly quick time these...