Oct 19, 2009 | Featured, Karen's blog
I have always been an animal lover, and as my sister has been a hippo parent for many years I was pleased to be able to meet Karen in 2006, at one of her talks in the UK. She really inspired me when she talked about the hippos, the problems with poaching and all the...
Aug 19, 2009 | Karen's blog
I’ve been obsessed with hippos since I was a child. For my 21st birthday I asked to have an adopted hippo. My mum researched this on the internet and found various zoo options, which just put your name on a plaque and give you free entry to the zoo, but then came...
Jul 19, 1995 | Karen's blog
Ron Crittall [UK Financial Times] meets a woman to whom hippos, threatened and abandoned during the drought of 1991/92 owe their lives. —oOo— It was dusk, Karen Paolillo sat on the banks of the now flowing Turgwe River, in south-east...