Meat Madness: How American Farmers Almost Became Hippo Ranchers Among the wildest plans ever hatched by the federal government, hippos and other African big game were almost introduced to U.S. farms.

Hippos are known to attack and eat animals like wildebeests, zebras and kudus, as well as other hippos in cases of cannibalism, according to AZ Animals. They also steal meat from other predators.

The hippo has been known to attack and consume other animals and even steal meat from predators; wildebeests, zebras, and kudus seem to be among their more common kills.

Namibia plans to cull more than 700 wild animals, including dozens of elephants and hippos, and distribute the meat to help locals struggling under what the United Nations has called the worst ...