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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...
June 2013 Newsletter : Urgent drought feeding appeal
Hippos. The last time I had to do this for over several months was 21 years ago.
It is not an easy decision as the hippos are wild and I actually don’t agree with feeding wild animals unless the situation is dire.
Volunteers : Steve and Margaret Gordon, Canada, November 2012
We traveled to Hippo Haven in early October. The temperatures at this time of year can be very high and Karen does not like to expose out of shape volunteers to this type of weather, but because of my declining mobility she granted us a special gift. We had watched...
Sep. 2012 – Suzie and Doug in Zimbabwe
Doug and I have just returned from a very special trip to Zimbabwe to stay with Karen and Jean-Roger Paolillo who run the Turgwe Hippo Trust. I have been wanting to visit them and the hippos ever since Karen and I first got in touch back in 1991, but, due to one thing...
Raffle winner 2012 Teresa D’Amico New York, NY visits Turgwe Trust in July
Earlier this year I entered a raffle through the Turgwe Hippo Trust’s Facebook page, first prize being a 10-night stay at Hippo Haven located in the Save Valley Conservancy in Zimbabwe. Having already expressed an interest in volunteering there, needless to say I was thrilled when I actually won the first prize.
Newsletter : May 2012
Reblogged from old website: This update for our website is long overdue but with all of this correspondence, I have to be careful that I don’t end up spending more time writing than actually physically being out in the bush with the hippos, and helping them in their...
Volunteer : Mirinda Thorpe from Australia, December/January 2012
HIPPO HAVEN - the name gives a slight indication into the nature of the place. A picture or expectations may be developed from hearing such a name, of which some may be true… though it cannot come close to giving a complete picture into life at Hippo Haven, for...
Save some hippos for Christmas – published on Swindonlink, UK
Sarah Chilvers from Peatmoor is supporting the Turgwe Hippo Trust in Zimbabwe by posting out calendars produced to support the work of Karen Paolillo who set up a sanctuary and has been protecting wild hippos for twenty years. Sarah said, "Karen is an incredible woman...
Nov. 2011 – Heron chicks, baby monkeys, Kudo and hippo family
Karen shows us a Green-backed Heron nest with chicks, Vervet monkeys with babies playing. Also some Kudu and the Mystery hippo family.
Volunteers Chris and Neve Wade from Australia visit Hippo Haven, October 2011
My 14 year old daughter and I spent 17 days volunteering at Hippo Haven in Sept and Oct 2011. In the end volunteering was the wrong word as we both felt very much a part of the extended family and it was very hard to leave. We were also lucky enough to share 3...
Newsletter : 2011 Turgwe Hippo Trust
The Trust had just under 70 people visit the hippos during 2011. An increase in visitors thanks to the security situation having calmed down. These people came from the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Tanzania, Australia, Zimbabwe, USA, Germany, Switzerland and Latvia....
Karen Paolillo Interview with ‘Safaritalk’ – Nov 2010
We have been interviewed by SafariTalk and that's what they wrote on their website : http://safaritalk.net/topic/5960-karen-paolillo-the-turgwe-hippo-trust/ ---oOo--- The Turgwe Hippo Trust is a non-profit organisation for the protection of the Turgwe Hippos in the...